I booked this tour through NCL. They had $50 off excursions on their Free At Sea deal I booked under. That would’ve allowed me to get a ticket on the Sky Glider for free. For an additional $29 I was able to book this tour that included a tram…

Good morning. Today we are heading to Hubbard Glacier. I was torn on whether or not to book the Glacier Explorer tour for today. In the videos I’ve seen of Hubbard, it looks like the ships are able to get pretty close to it. And the cost of that…

I found the Hubbard Glacier Explorer excursion to be be a bit on the expensive side. At $400, it’s more than I paid to walk on a glacier for two and a half hours from Anchorage. I did get a $50 discount with NCL’s Free At Sea promotion taking…

One of the unique things about cruising from Seward is you can take the Alaska Railroad from the airport to the cruise terminal. I had heard it’s a scenic ride that lasts 4-5 hours. This was definitely on my list.
To get on this railroad they recommend you have a…

I struggled to find a hotel in Anchorage. Everything near downtown was $350 and up with extremely mixed reviews. There wasn’t much savings away from downtown. I was still going to pay $300/night and have to find transportation. Even the Sheraton and Hilton hotels had some bad reviews. Every…

Good morning! Today is embarkation day. I’m going to spend the morning in Anchorage before taking the train down to Seward this afternoon.
It feels like a lot of the breakfast places are closed on Monday. I was going to go to The Biscuit Club but it turned out to…

Good morning! Today is my glacier hike. I don’t think I mentioned it but I didn’t bring a jacket or coat at all this time. I had a heavy coat in my car ready to go but the night before I looked at the forecast for all of the…

I’ve been wanting to walk on a glacier but I don’t want to have to fly to the glacier. You can’t really drive to glaciers on cruise excursions, but you can from Anchorage.
I looked at a bunch of local companies. Some of them are closed on Sunday. One of…

I just took a Lyft from the airport to my Airbnb. This is the Leopold David House. It was the house of the first mayor of Anchorage. From what I’ve read it’s a law office now, but the stairs around the back lead to my Airbnb.

This is the view…