Ketchikan Cruise Reviews

The worst of all. We docked in Wards Cove outside of town and had to take shuttle busses for a 30 minute ride each way into town or respective excursions. We were only in port for 5 hours so by the time you account for the shuttle it is really 4 hours. That is not enough time. ...

Shopping was a bit touristy. Totem poles were interesting. ...

Awesome little town, just a wee bit touristy. Also our ship got there late so many shops were already closing before we left. The food in town was awesome. ...

We did the crabbing excursion on the Aleutian Ballard, by far our favorite excursion! We got to hold live sea creatures and the crew were amazing! ...

Ketchikan was our third port and by this time we were used to seeing Alaska small towns. There isn't much to see in Ketchikan and I made the mistake of taking a local "wildlife" tour, Trolley, where the bus driver talked mostly about herself and kept the bus moving past places where there "may" have been whales and seals. She did stop at a creek where there are "usually" bear but no bear. I didn't ...

too commercialized ...

One of our favorite places to visit. The town is so cute and lots of local shops selling real "made in Alaska" items. Not enough time at this port. I would have rather reduced the time in Juneau to spend more time here. ...

Touristy but a fun place to start or end your Alaskan adventure. Crab fishing on the Aleutian Ballad is a superb trip. While the crabs were a revelation the stars of the show were the bald eagles who spectacularly swooped down to catch fish from the sea. The Great Alaskan Lumberjack show is huge fun - family friendly and wonderfully entertaining. ...

The Ducks trip was fun. Had a dozen farmed Oysters grilled at Annabelle's Highly recommended. ...

Enjoyed the lumberjack show, and all you can eat crab, however, that left us with a little time to actually visit the town. We were there from 7 AM till 12:30 PM. Many of the shop for closed until after 8 AM. ...