10 Alaska Cruise Tips and Tricks - What We Wish We Knew Before Sailing to Alaska! 

Thank you for sharing!

Have taken the NY to Bermuda 2x pre-Covid and Alaska this summer/June. Thank you for getting me totally pumped up and super excited.

Great video! I'm psyched about my first cruise to Alaska! My husband was never interested in cruises, but came on board (ha) for this one since we will soon celebrate 40 years of marital bliss! 🥂

We went a few years ago and we loved it. We’re going back next year in May.

Perfect timing! I’m leaving on Thursday for my Alaskan cruise. Now running out to get good binoculars! ❤

Great tips! Going next Saturday on May 11 on Discovery Princess with family and friends. Been booked since July, even before first cruise ever last December. It’s finally here!

Sailing on HAL for another adventure back to Alaska in Aug 2024. We always get a Neptune Suite, aft or midship and enjoy the sights from our room. Thanks for sharing.

I loved Alaska too!! We go again May 23, 2024 and I cannot wait. We are bringing family this time. Thanks for your tips!

Honestly great video guys, new sub here found y’all popping around looking for Alaska content because I am going back back to Alaska Alaska! lol In one weeks time this was a great brush up and reminder video for even me!

Thanks

We ctuised on the Norwegian pearl in 2011 and had a great time!. We went in mid may on the second cruise of the year. If you can afford it get a balcony, you will not regret it.

I'm sailing on the NCL Encore to Alaska in a few months! (2024) I'm super excited!

Our first Alaskan cruise is coming up in June. 14 days on the Royal Princess. We are planned to arrive 3 days before in Vancouver. We fly out exactly 1 month from today. Thanks for the tips.

We’re leaving on May 31st on Celebrity. Have done Alaska before and loved it. I’m glad I know Norwegian doesn’t go in to Ketchikan any longer because I know I will do Alaska again and Ketchikan was my favorite town before.

We stayed in seattle for a few days to avoid jet lag but again, if you can afford to do so.

I recommend if you want to take photos and are willing to buy a first camera or get into photography. To go with the rebel t7 or the rebel t8 they're very beginner friendly DSLR cameras and even though the t8 is the upgraded version from the t7. The rebel t7 is still a very good camera and comes with a little bit better lens package then the t8 does but the t8 does come with a camera lens.

Jet lag! Try flying from Australia! We’re cruising NCL right at the end of the season in 2024. Can’t wait!

Thanks for the video. I will be on Norwegian Jewel in October 2024 for 9 days and maybe directly afterwards on Bliss again Alaska (depends on offer of my Norwegian PVP). I have booked October because there are only 4 rainy days in average. Colder temperatures doesn't bother me, but I don't like to be a "rainy" person. Btw nice side effect: Cruising in October is much more cheaper. Also excursions are less costly. I don't care if some shops might be closed. I prefer visiting ports when they are much more less crowded and that will be the case in October. Whale watching is on my excursion list for just to see maybe some Orcas (but they might be already gone). If not, it's okay for me, that's nature. And I'm lucky and thankful at all, because I do have always chance to see other kinds of whales. Humpback whale mummies with their in South Pacific new born babies pass by every year out of reef at our lagoon from July to October. But to see Orcas on Alaska, would be also great. Greetings from Moorea (sister island of Tahiti) 🌴 🏖 😎 🇵🇫 🇫🇷 🇪🇺 in French-Polynesia

Very helpful video - thank you! It sounds like Alaska is about as difficult to describe as the Grand Canyon.

Great video! We’re sailing on the NCL Bliss in July. Bringing son, DIL & grandkids ages 9 & 13. The excursions are SO expensive. Would we be ok just walking around the ports?

In cases of extreme emergency where more comprehensive facilities are required, patients are referred to shoreside facilities. There’s a hospital in Juneau (Bartlett Regional Hospital), Sitka (Edgecumbe Medical Center) in Ketchikan ( PeaceHealth Ketchikan Medical Center), plus you should have signed up for the medical coverage.

Helpful tips!!

Great video. We are cruising to Alaska in June.

Its really not a good idea to take your passport with you in Alaska. If things go bad you call the # on your cruise compass and the authorities will contact the ship who will go into your room and retrieve your passport for you. The odds that something will go wrong is very small but the odds of you loosing your passport in Alaska going in an out of your bag is high so leave it in your room. Your in Alaska not Russia don't worry about not getting home even if the ship leaves without you the airport security TSA will get you on a flight with your drivers license it'll take you about 45 min of paperwork to board the plane.

Fishing limits are serious everywhere.

12:30 Buy $1200 binoculars. $100 binoculars won't cut it.

My son and I are doing a trip in July, thanks for the tips, Ill be watching other videos Im in PA as well just northeast

Ummmm .....most cruise companies have blankets available. Your steward will bring them to your cabin or you can pick them up on the Lido deck.

Wow, i thought this was going to be an up-to-date cruise! Not sure if this was a repost, but disappointed!