Tuesday, August 4, 2015

Several choices in traveling to/from Anchorage to your cruise. What type of experience do you want ? Sites you want to see ?




Cruise Line Motorcoach.  These are usually direct transfers to/from the ship.  If you’re going to Whittier from Anchorage, it’s about an hour.  To Seward, 2 ½ to 3 hours.

Tour Motorcoach.  There are some that do direct to/from ship.  And others offer tours, such as to see the Alaska Wildlife Center, maybe take a cruise to Portage Glacier, or even an Anchorage city tour.  I don’t care much for the Alaska Heritage Center !  But others love it !

Private Motorcoach.  If you have a group, you may want private transfers for your group.  To include a tour.

Alaska Railroad.  It’s called the Coastal Classic.  This is my favorite way, especially if porting to/from Seward !  If there in May, you will hopefully see lots of snow !  If only from Whittier, whichever is the lesser cost is what I will choose ! 

The times available, when purchasing the cruise lines may be totally different than buying from Alaska Railroad.  Once I went from Seward to Anchorage with Holland America and we left at 6am.  Through Alaska Railroad, this departs about 6pm, arriving to Anchorage near 10pm.

 
Rent a car.  If you do this, you have to be sure, you have booked it to/from Anchorage and then to/from, where your ship is.  Otherwise, it will cost you a fortune when you turn it in.  It may cost you a fortune anyway !

 
 
 
No matter, the Seward Highway is gorgeous ! 
And if you travel by rail from Seward, you will enjoy the mountains, not seen if you go by Motorcoach or only travel to/from Whittier.

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