Nothing to do here but shop. Most shops are run by the cruise lines anyway, same garbage at every shop. Excursions were available but very expensive, especially traveling with 2 kids. Took the gondola to the top of Mt. Roberts which was beautiful but also cost $30 per person. ...
We rented a car and visited Mendenhall Glacier...hiked to Nugget Falls...great., the drove to St. Therese Shrine...loved it and stopped at Alaskan Brewery. Car rental was only way we could do all these 3 things we wanted to do. Too short a time in Juneau. ...
We had to cancel our excursion due to a medical emergency on the ship and we didn't get in port until the evening. Thank goodness we booked one that was refundable. ...
Due to a medical emergency on Sunday, Ruby was delayed 7.5 hours and finally arrived in Juneau at 6:30 PM, resulting in our dog sledding excursion and evening whale watch excursion both being cancelled. Many of the 3,000 passengers wanted to get off and long lines quickly formed for disembarkation. We made it off the ship at 7 PM. This left 2.5 hours before re-boarding at 9:30 PM. We walked along ...
Two hours to get off, get to town and get back, was supposed to be a 3 excursion day. Shopping poor, lots of Alaska souvenirs made everywhere but Alaska and more of the same crap as the on board stores ...