Good morning. Finally got to watch your video this morning. I agree about the inside cabin. In the Caribbean we do inside cabins. We booked a balcony to Alaska because it was a great price at the time. It was even cheaper than a window room. Thank you for these details.

We did the southbound with haines iinerary in Aug 22 on Radiance. We loved it. Classic older ship, but when you are in Alaska, you are there for the scenery and the ports and don't need the bells and whistles. The one way itineraries give you so much more time in ports.

@ThisistheCruise

3 ай бұрын

Absolutely agree!

We'll be on that May 24th sailing! We were limited by the actaul dates we are available to travel this summer so number of ports was a major determining factor for us when comparing cruises. It should be noted that there is an additional expense to flying all the way to Anchorage and then train/bus to the Seward port, so keep that in mind when comparing prices of sailings that are coming out of Seattle for example.

@ThisistheCruise

Ай бұрын

The added one-way costs are why we typically only do round trip itineraries... But there are advantages if the budget is there, like you mention, being able to do more in the origination or destination ports. HAVE AN AMAZING TRIP!!!!

@CookandBakewithSamer

Ай бұрын

We are doing the one way. We budgeted a little more for 3 days in Anchorage. Kept looking for deals on hotels. The biggest expense as well is the car rental from the port and leaving it in Anchorage. The air line tickets were fine. I booked them through Royal Caribbean.

Thank you. I will come back to watch the video tomorrow. A little late now. Congratulations. You are getting close to the 1k subscribers. I recently made it to the 1k with my cooking channel. We are heading on this cruise in couple weeks or so. 😊

@ThisistheCruise

Ай бұрын

Thanks so much and congratulations on your cooking channel! Let me know if you have any questions, always happy to help!

@CookandBakewithSamer

Ай бұрын

@@ThisistheCruise will do and thank you. We made it home late. We didn’t watch yet. If not tomorrow night, on Saturday for sure

@ThisistheCruise

Ай бұрын

@@CookandBakewithSamer no worries. I'm on a cruise now and will get back to you when I return

In the itinerary with the stop in Haines you mention there are no seadays, but the first day after Seward is Hubbard Glacier and the day before arriving in Vancouver is the inside passenger, that‘s 2 seadays in my opinion, as you don’t leave the ship and are a bit more relaxed.

@ThisistheCruise

18 күн бұрын

I totally understand. For me, the distinction between a Sea Day and a Scenic Cruising Day is that a Sea Day doesn't offer anything beyond the walls of the ship. Done well, a scenic cruise offers a level of enrichment and enhanced experience you wouldn't otherwise get and a regular day at sea. This really depends on how the cruise line handles a scenic cruising day. For example, Holland America has their naturalists available in some of the public areas during scenic cruises to talk to passengers about what they're seeing. Plus they'll do talks over the P/A (only heard in public areas - or on the stateroom TVs) during those times as well. This is super interesting for places like Glacier Bay or Geirangerfjord Norway. We even had this happen during a scenic cruise of Stromboli - we were watching it erupt while Holland America gave a history of the island, the people, and how they handle the eruptions. If the line just treats it as a way to keep people on the ship and doesn't do anything special, then yes, I completely agree - it's just a little bit more interesting Sea Day.

Hi @Thisisthe Cruise. I just viewed your Radiance of the Seas Itineraries to Alaska this year. I was glad that our itinerary was chosen as the best! However, I noticed that you mentioned the July 19 sailing, but it was not on your visual list of dates for that South bound itinerary. Why wasn't July 19 listed? Thank you.

@ThisistheCruise

21 күн бұрын

I honestly don't recall. However - it's likely that one of two things happened (even a combination) - I overlooked it - OR (more likely) it's the same itinerary that leaves at an earlier date and I didn't point it out in the visual. My graphics come from my app, and I try not to have the repeated sailings displayed. (I can easily confuse myself LOL. :-D) I hope you guys have (or had) an amazing time!!! If you remember, let me know how it went - I'd love to hear what you thought! Thanks for watching!!!

@MrKnightoflight

17 күн бұрын

Thank you for replying. We're going on the July 19 cruise. Looking forward to it! Have a blessed week!!!

I really like Glacier Bay. However, now having seen it I am personally ok with seeing some other things Alaska has to offer.

@ThisistheCruise

3 ай бұрын

Completely agree - another viewer who's been to Alaska quite a bit prefers Hubbard over Glacier Bay - but another friend of mine is the opposite, stating, "Hubbard is bigger, if you're looking for a single glacier - but Glacier Bay is a better overall experience." There's so much to see in Alaska that one trip isn't close to enough!

Are you going to do this for HAL? I"m curious where my pick lands on the scale.

@ThisistheCruise

3 ай бұрын

I've thought about it. I'm a very big HAL fan. What itinerary are you on and I'll run it through quick (at a minimum) and let you know how it scores.

@AvivaHadas

3 ай бұрын

​@@ThisistheCruise Zaandam July 10, 2024 (Thanks)

@ThisistheCruise

3 ай бұрын

Of course! - 18.77. Right in the middle of the pack. Two areas where this one takes a little "hit" compared to some of the other itineraries: Only 3 stops and truly "round trip" from Vancouver. Some of the itineraries get a little bump because they go to both Vancouver AND Seattle. Major PROS with this itinerary: GLACIER BAY!!!!!! TWO days cruising Glaciers PLUS Inside Passage! Jeepers that's nice. Because you're doing all that amazing cruising, you don't have time for an extra (4th) stop - so it's understandable. And another bonus is that you don't have a throw-away stop at Victoria or similar. @HollandAmerica does it right, honestly. I can tell you with 100% certainty that I'd rather do this itinerary over any of the Royal's itineraries because it goes to Glacier Bay. Hands down, running away. Side note - I haven't really discussed my updated scoring methodology, but it's based on a weighted average, looking at all the stops from 10 different facets, plus scenic cruising, origination/destination and how desirable and unique the cruise is, etc... then those scores are compiled and weighted (it's fairly complex for a simple person like me. :-) ) for a score out of 100. It's literally impossible to get to 100 - so I'm still tweaking how I want to do the scoring, but for comparative purposes, it works pretty well. I hope that was helpful - It looks like an AWESOME cruise and I know you're going to have an incredible time!

@AvivaHadas

3 ай бұрын

And then there are the reasons why I chose this cruise. HAL ship is smaller. (I’m not going that far spending that much to ride go karts, a roller coaster, bumper cars, interaction with a mouse, etc.) HAL has better births (is anyone who picks NCL aware that it goes to Ward Cove not Ketchikan?) HAL generally has longer (better) times in port. (I was in port with Disney on my last AK cruise, the passengers that I met at the top of Mt Roberts were rushing to return to their ship at the farthest away birth because their time in port was early & short) Glacier Bay is nice, but having done both, I prefer Hubbard. (I’m glad I saw Mendenhal in 2008 when it was a lot more visible than it is now.) July - so I can take an excursion to see bears. (At this point in my life - School is out - or I would like to go very early/very late so I can see non-summer scenery) Vancouver - I like sailing between mainland Canada and Vancouver island/ Haida Gwai instead of in the gulf of Alaska. (Though I would for a 14- night cruise!)

@user-lh3ue1fp6x

3 ай бұрын

What cha drinking there on the shelf behind you?

14 Day Voyage of the Glaciers - Alaska- Round trip vancouver CA - Princess Cruises - Saphire princess Ship - 2024 ... your thoughts please?

@ThisistheCruise

3 ай бұрын

Hi - thanks for reaching out. I was trying to remember why I didn't review this particular itinerary in my ultimate Alaska video ( kzread.info/dash/bejne/oo6Y15p_gbGze7g.html ), and then it came back to me when I looked it up. It's technically two one-way cruises combined into one 14-day cruise. I'm 100% for those types of itineraries (in fact I did that just last summer in Norway - two 7-days combined into one 14-day). The reason I didn't include this in that ultimate video is because it looked like the same itinerary twice... and it ALMOST is, but there was something I missed. You're visiting Glacier Bay twice (YES!) and then you ALSO visit College Fjord on the northbound portion and Hubbard Glacier on the southbound part. That's GREAT because I feel Glacier Bay is the best holistic experience, PLUS you get two other glaciers to compare it to. AND if the weather is bad one day at Glacier Bay, you get another shot! Cons: You visit the same ports twice, missing some of the diversity of Alaska Pros: Can you really have enough Alaska? You get to "go back" and do different things in the ports where maybe one visit didn't offer enough time to do. This is a great idea for a video - so thanks so much for the comment. I'm going to try to record one this week and get it posted ASAP. Thanks for watching!

@KS-cl8br

3 ай бұрын

@@ThisistheCruise Thanks, just subscribed. I am going to watch this video.

@ThisistheCruise

3 ай бұрын

Thanks so much!