The Alaskan Jewel! Welcome Aboard….You don’t Exist! updated 12/13/2015 - Page 32 - PassPorter - A Community of Walt Disney World, Disneyland, Disney Cruise Line, and General Travel Forums
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We did the train our first time and it was fabulous. last trip, we went up to Emerald Lake in the Yukon - best shore excursion ever. The writing on the rock face is the names of the ships that have visited. Many are very artistic. Looking forward tom the next installment
Great pictures coming into Skagway! We didn't do the train either! Rented a car and drove up to Emerald Lake, and then back down, stopping to gold pan along the way back into town!
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What a lovely morning exploring on your own and glad Claire liked her shirt! Enjoy your Thanksgiving holiday
It was a nice morning and I enjoyed going off on my own. Shopping is much easier without Skip too.
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You covered a lot of Skagway on your mini-walking tour. Love the photos!
I got a good look at the town so I was happy I went out.
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I think you'd be fine with the motion on the train - I found it to be very smooth.
Loved your shots of Skagway, it's such a lovely town, isn't it? That was a warm day you had.
I am sure if I take motion meds I should be fine. I did get diagnosed with vertigo this week and it's been a very topsy tury week...literally. I now worry this will effect how I feel on my next cruise, but I am hoping for the best.
Skagway is a nice little town. And easy to get to most places.
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We did the train our first time and it was fabulous. last trip, we went up to Emerald Lake in the Yukon - best shore excursion ever. The writing on the rock face is the names of the ships that have visited. Many are very artistic. Looking forward tom the next installment
This was a different rock wall. I do know about the ship name one too, though I don't remember if I actually saw it. This one had something to do with the town.
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Great pictures coming into Skagway! We didn't do the train either! Rented a car and drove up to Emerald Lake, and then back down, stopping to gold pan along the way back into town!
Have a great week!
I have heard that Emerald Lake is just beautiful and all the pictures I have seen of it just prove that.
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I love the Alaska Shirt Company. We always pick something up there.
It was an awesome place and I got lots of shirts for people at home for really cheap!
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I fell SO far behind, but I'm wonderfully caught up now! I killed my entire lunch hour *cough*andthensome*cough* reading it.
What wonderful experiences, so far! I am loving the landscape photos! And the whales! Oh the whales! I can't wait to read more!
I am so behind on everything lately...I hear ya. I need to get this report done so I can have some time to just read other ones.
Alaska is just beautiful!!
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What a nice early morning solo excursion.
Have a Happy Thanksgiving!
It was nice to walk around and explore.
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Your morning wandering around alone sounds great! I wish I was more of a morning person.
On vacation I have issues sleeping anyways so I try to make the best of it.
We checked in and were told just to wait for a bit as our bus wasn’t here but they would call us once it arrived. So we sat on some slabs of concrete and looked out to see if we could see any wild life.
Skip kept asking me what we were doing today and it was hard to explain. We were doing the Klondike Family Experience…which doesn’t really tell you much. Its description said panning for gold, trying out beer/root beer, sled dogs, puppies, lunch and a 40 below room. I thought it sounded good since it had a little bit of everything and it would include gold panning for Skip, puppies for Claire and food for me! Since Skip watches Gold Rush I thought he might like to pan for gold. He kept acting like this was not a good choice....but would still tolerate it. He was SO wrong!!!!!
We saw another bus arrive so we headed over to see if it was ours and it was. Goldbeard told us he would be our guide and he told us to get on the bus.
Goldbeard had a reddish beard and Skip thought it was quite the coincidence that his parents named him Goldbeard. Hahahah.
We sat on the bus and waited for the rest to board and I took pictures out the window.
Goldbeard told us about the town and what it was like living there. He like many others, is only there for the summer tourist season.
He pointed out a few things, one being the only grocery store….though I think they had a whole foods type store too. I think he said a half gallon of milk is $3.50!!!! and a gallon $7. He said they use milk sparingly here. Everything is barged up from Seattle and if you are not at the store the day the milk comes there is a good chance you won’t get any milk for the week. And Skip being the dairy farmer asked why they didn’t have cows there. Goldbeard said that there really isn’t enough flat ground to have a dairy farm. Though I bet Skip would figure out a way. LOL.
I somehow knew Skip was going to ask something about having cows up there. I figured the climate wouldn't have worked for them, but I'm sorry I cannot imagine having to be there the day the milk is delivered to get any.
We heard the same thing about grocery delivery - be there when it arrives, or you may not get what you want/need.
Maybe Skip wants to relocte? You'd get a lot more for your milk in Alaska than Ohio!
We heard the same thing about grocery delivery - be there when it arrives, or you may not get what you want/need.
Maybe Skip wants to relocte? You'd get a lot more for your milk in Alaska than Ohio!
And it would be very neat to see Alaskan cows... just saying!
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We didn't do the train either! 
Rented a car and drove up to Emerald Lake, and then back down, stopping to gold pan along the way back into town! 
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