Mike is supposed to be planning this trip but I can't help interfering because i'm such a planner and he is very laid back. Our cruise booking date for palo etc is 2 weeks tomorrow and although we might book the tours ourselves to save money rather than going through Disney I would like to have it decided by then but i'm not getting very far when I discuss it with DH, its driving me mad. There are so many options of excursions many of which sound great but most of them through Disney are sooooooo expensive. As this trip is already costing us a lot of money we can't be splashing out a lot more money on tours but DH keeps mentioning the words "once in a lifetime" and I keep mentioning the words "rip off" for example one of the ziplinning tours is $178 each! That's about £240 for us both, when we went to go ape near our house it was no more than £60 for 2.
Here's my thinking so far on what we could do each day.
Skagway - docks 7:15 a.m. onboard 7:30 p.m
River Float and White Pass Summit & City Combo -
http://skagwayfloat.com/tours/white-pass-combo/ - $100 each but would take up most of the day (£135 for us both) but leaves time for lunch and seeing the town and the evening if wanted.
Through Disney...
Klondike Rock Climbing and Rappelling = $95 each half day
Adventure Park and Zip Lines = $104 each half day
Yukon Suspension Bridge and Klondike Explorer = $69 each half day
Yukon Suspension Bridge, City and White Pass Railway - Adult Only Departure = $172 each just over half a day
Juneau docks 7:45 a.m. onboard 5:30 p.m
Shuttle to Mendenhall Glacier - $16 each, visitor Centre $3, walking about priceless (free).
http://juneautours.com/
CITY & GLACIER TOUR - $30 each
http://juneautours.com/
Whale Watching & Glacier Tour $120 each, £160 for us both
http://juneautours.com/
Through Disney....
Mount Roberts Tramway = $29 each
(But I think i'd just buy a ticket on the day if we wanted to do this which would be cheaper)
Ketchikan docks 11:15 a.m. onboard 4:30 p.m
Totem Heritage Centre - $5 each
Eco tour - kayak
http://www.ketchikankayakco.com/Kayak_Tours.htm - $89 each
Through Disney...
Best of Ketchikan by Land and Sea - $125 each half day
Hoping to book Palo Brunch for the Tracey Arm day and Palo Dinner for our middle night. Not sure whether to book afternoon tea or not but I guess we'd do that on our last sea day maybe. I've found out our possible dining rotations:
The 3 dining rotations are:
A) T A P T A P T
B) A P T A P T A
C) P T A P T A P
("T" = Triton's, "A" = Animator's Palace, "P" = Parrot Cay)
Formal/Captain's Gala: Night 2, Tuesday (05/22)
Pirates: Night 4, Thursday (05/24)
Semi-Formal: Night 6, Saturday (05/26)
So depending on our rotation we'd end up with one of the following
Mon - T A P
Tue - A P T (Formal/Captain's Gala Night) - AT SEA
Wed - P T A - TRACEY ARM
Thu - T A P (Pirates Night) - Skagway
Hoping to book Palo Dinner
Fri - A P T - Juneau
Sat - P T A - Ketchikan (Semi-Formal Night)
Sun - T A P - AT SEA