Alaskan Marine Highway Experience?
Hello All, I am in the very preliminary stages of planning a trip to Alaska. It is at the soonest a 2025 trip. One of the places we'd like to see is Glacier Bay National Park, which is only acces...
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We looked into it for this summer.
Setting aside the fact the ferries weren't fully operating: It just didn't make sense when you added everything up.
- We found a last minute deal on a cruise. Including tips, drink package, a couple shore excursions, storing the RV and flying back from Vancouver to get back to the truck...we were $2200 for everything. If the ferry had been running, we would have been up around $8000.
- The ferry doesn't go up to see the fiords and glaciers. You don't have time to get off and explore the towns. Food is separate. No entertainment. If you want a cabin (you can't sleep in your RV), that's extra.
On looking at the big picture, it just didn't make a lot of sense unless you planned to stop in a few ports for a week each....but then the ferry prices go up and coordination gets more complicated.
Setting aside the fact the ferries weren't fully operating: It just didn't make sense when you added everything up.
- We found a last minute deal on a cruise. Including tips, drink package, a couple shore excursions, storing the RV and flying back from Vancouver to get back to the truck...we were $2200 for everything. If the ferry had been running, we would have been up around $8000.
- The ferry doesn't go up to see the fiords and glaciers. You don't have time to get off and explore the towns. Food is separate. No entertainment. If you want a cabin (you can't sleep in your RV), that's extra.
On looking at the big picture, it just didn't make a lot of sense unless you planned to stop in a few ports for a week each....but then the ferry prices go up and coordination gets more complicated.
