Alaska port days: Maximize your cruise experience

Vlog 64
Location: Juneau & Ketchikan Alaska
Tags: #juneau #mendenhall #mendenhallglacier #alaskancruise #alaska #cruise #ketchikan

It’s time to spend a half day exploring Juneau. We had an excursion for a helicopter glacier walk, but due to the cloudy weather it was cancelled. We were able to book a last minute tour through M&M Tours at their stand on the pier. This cost approximately $70 each. We toured several highlights including Homestead and Overstreet park. Then it was time to explore the Mendenhall Glacier. We decided to take a hike down to Nugget Falls, it is an easy hike, 2 miles total, out and back. We headed back to the ship and spent the day hanging out and enjoying the views. That night we decided to have a date night at the French specialty restaurant, Le Bistro. We had 2 free specialty meals included in our fare.This meal blew our minds! It was exceptional and we would highly recommend everyone give it a try.

The next day was another short port day in Ketchikan. Norwegian ships dock 7 miles outside of the city at Ward Cove, and offer free shuttles to/from the downtown area. Unfortunately, the times are limited and end very early, in our opinion. Port time was 7 am - 12:30. , but the last shuttle to Ketchikan was at 9:00 am and the last shuttle to Ward Cove was 11:00. We decided to check out the popular area of Creek Street, which consists of buildings built upon stilts along the Ketchikan Creek. There are lots of shops in the area and very cool to check out. We walked around as we headed back to the shuttle, stopping by a local coffee shop. After grabbing some souvenirs, we boarded the ship and enjoyed spending some time enjoying the views. Later on, we went for nightly pub trivia and we won! We got some cool prizes: toiletry bag, cards and bottle opener keychain. Afterwards, we enjoyed a delicious dinner at the main dining room before heading back to Henry’s Pub for a night of music by our favorite musician on the boat: Drake Allen.

Our last day started off late due to losing an hour as we headed back towards Seattle. Our cruise port tonight was to Victoria, British Columbia in Canada from 8 pm - 11:30 pm. We spent the day hanging out and checking out the activities that the cruise had going on such as trivia, music and, as always, enjoying the views and playing cards. We decided to stay on the ship tonight and relax. We enjoyed our last dinner at the main dining room and it was fantastic as always. The food on Norwegian really is quite delicious and offers a good amount of variety in their menu. After dinner, it was time to pack and leave our luggage out from them to take the bags off the ship. It was a wonderfully fun cruise and we really enjoyed ourselves and the beauty of Alaska, the last frontier. We hope your enjoyed coming along with us. Stay tuned for our next adventure, please hit that subscribe button to follow along. Thanks!

Time stamp:
0:00 - Juneau
0:21 - Intro
1:02 - Mendenhall Glacier
4:51 - Le Bistro
8:21 - Ketchikan
10:20 - cruise
11:21 - main room dining
12:51 - cruise
13:37 - main room dining
14:53 - disembarkation
15:12 - outtakes

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