We enjoyed our pre-cruise from Fairbanks to Seward. The weather was amazing and the sights were inspiring. We only heard complaints from people about the hotel in Denali. But, what do you expect for such a rugged area. We took the optional excursion to go deeper into Denali and we both loved it and regretted it due to our bus and driver. The scenery was amazing. The sky was clear and Denali (Mt McKinley) became larger and clearer as we approached. Our bus however decided to let the dust into the cabin and it was a dust cloud in the rear. We all spoke up but that seemed to upset the driver. We survived and we were grateful for what we saw along the way.

The Alaska Train was such a wonderful way to relax, sightsee and ENJOY our time. The staff was fun, the dining car experience was great and we were so comfortable! Anchorage was our last night and we walked the city and found a sushi restaurant to enjoy. The only drawback was in the morning there were 6 busloads trying to navigate the lobby and breakfast buffet.....

Once we arrived at ships dock everyone became excited. Our checkin was seamless. We boarded the ship... That's when we found out...we were stuck in Seward. 2 options were given. We chose to stay since it was going to take 3 days to get us out anyway. The weather turned as ugly as our trip. We tried to enjoy ourselves and did, to a point. However it is hard not to feel ugly about the whole thing... Announcements were not informative. No real information was given except the weather.... well we had a whole lot of time to just look out and SEE the clouds, fog, rain. Our one highlight, the CREW... ABSOLUTELY AMAZING.. They all did there very best to make us all feel like we really were on vacation. We finally got the word we were leaving on Monday night... yippie! However, another glitch. We were supposed to go through the inside passage... Read more