tracy arm cruising or glacier bay park

S

sanvin

Guest
We haven't decided whether to take roundtrip from Seattle on Diamond Princess or go one way from Anchorage to Vancouver on Sun Princess. Diamond Princess is turning out to be much cheaper but we aren't sure if we'll be able to see glaciers while aboard Diamond. The brochure mentions Tracy arm cruising for glacier viewing but I am not sure if one gets a good enough view of glaciers at Tracy Arm.

Any experiences,recommendations ? We need to make a decision soon.
 
R

rhen33

Guest
Glacier Bay was great! We did a rt from vancouver. Vancouver is a great city. If you go to vancouver take the Grouse Mountain tour.Round trip saves on airfare.
 
S

sanvin

Guest
Which cruise did you take ? As far as I know, none of the 7 day RT tours available from vancouver or seattle cover Glacier bay.
 
H

halfdome86

Guest
Some HAL ships sail to Glacier Bay from Vancouver RT. I think one of the NCL ships does as well but I'm not 100% about that.

If you go to Expedia or Yahoo travel and plug in the information for inside passage, up will pop all the cruises available. Then you can sort out which ships will go to Glacier bay and compare that way.
 
R

rhen33

Guest
Yes , I did take Hal. RT from vancouver.They spend the day in glacier bay. And the ship turned every few hours.We saw alot of calving. It sounds like a loud crack.You will enjoy the sceanery doing the inside passage gives you something to look at the whole trip.
 
T

TheDivineMsM

Guest
NCL's Star does the round trip Glacier Bay from Seattle. Beautiful ship!!!
 
F

fusco9800

Guest
Tracy Arm is beautiful but we didn't see any glacier calving when we were on the Diamond Princess the week of 5/15. I have heard that Hubbard or Glacier Bay is huge and you would probably have greater potential to hear the calving. I have also heard that the Sun Princess is a nice Ship, smaller than the Diamond with great food and service. The Diamond Princess is also nice, but I would rate it just a little above average. This ship didn't sell me on only sailing with Princess. Here is a website that has some photo's of the Tracy Arm scenery. Alaska is Wonderful !!


http://community.webshots.com/album/145934390lGLZxX/5
 
Top