…ay is a very easy to explore with kids. Passengers can easily walk off the cruise ship and reach the touristy downtown within minutes. Read more posts from our Alaska cruise here. First Impressions of Skagway When you step off the cruise ship, you notice right away how walkable Skagway is. The main street, Broadway Avenue, looks straight out of a movie set from the Gold Rush era. It’s only a few steps from the cruise ships to the downtown area. …
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Is it worth visiting Geiranger, Norway? Thoughts and photos from our trip
…the most famous fjord villages in Norway. It’s also a port town for large cruise ships (more on that below). Norwegian fjords cruises are very popular in the summer and most Norway cruises include stops in Flam, Olden and/or Geiranger. Because of this, the town of Geiranger does get busy with tourists. This is not necessarily a bad thing. After all, if you visit, you are also a tourist. But it is something to keep in mind. You will not be alone…
Take a peak inside the Quad Veranda Stateroom on Koningsdam cruise ship
…rience staying in a Quad Veranda Stateroom on Koningsdam, a Pinnacle-class cruise ship operated by Holland America Line. We did a 7-night Alaska cruise that departs from and returns to Vancouver, British Columbia. This cruise made port at Juneau, Skagway and Ketchikan, and it sailed through the magnificent Glacier Bay National Park in Alaska. We sailed on this Holland America cruise in mid-August 2025. Related post – Food and Dining on Koningsdam…
The Magnificent Hubbard Glacier in Alaska
…ttle, Washington. It’s HUGE! Watch our video tour of the Celebrity Eclipse Cruise ship Where is Hubbard Glacier located? The Hubbard Glacier location is at the tip of Disenchantment Bay. It connects to Yakutat Bay in the Gulf of Alaska. The actual location of the Hubbard Glacier is inside Wrangell-St Elias National Park and Preserve, which is north of Glacier Bay National Park. Here’s a Hubbard Glacier map. You cannot reach the Hubbard Glacier by…
Should you take the DFDS Ferry from Oslo To Copenhagen?
…cited about this mode of transportation. These large ships act more like a cruise ship than a passenger ferry. So, that’s what stuck. When we described this part of the journey to our boys, we said we’re going on a “mini-cruise through Norway’s fjords”. In this post, we share our experience on the overnight DFDS ferry from Oslo, Norway to Copenhagen, Denmark. Another deciding factor was the reliability of train service at the time. Rail strikes we…
Should you add San Juan to your travel wish list?
…ibbean. In fact, the San Juan Cruise Port is said to host an estimated 500 cruise ships (approximately 18 different cruise lines), resulting in over 2 million cruise ship passengers per year. That’s a lot of cruisers! Because San Juan is the anchor for many Eastern and Southern Caribbean cruises, and it’s a turnaround port for many cruise ships, most cruisers will end up in San Juan at some point in their Caribbean travels. Don’t make the common m…
We’re going to Portugal on a River Cruise!
…od of time. It’s the perfect way to experience Europe. We’ve been on a few cruise ships before. Mostly in the Caribbean. Read about our last cruise here. While we did enjoy our time on the big mega ships of the Caribbean, it’s not our preferred style of travel. We don’t like the volume of people and impersonal experience you get on a large 3,000+ person ship. The ships are just too big for our liking. We also don’t like being in the open ocean for…
Visiting the Panama Canal in Panama City
…at the Miraflores Visitor Center in Panama City. Next up, this beautiful cruise ship begins the process of passing through the Miraflores Locks Panama Canal. You’ll notice this ship, and the one approaching in the distance, are entering the south lock. This is because the water from the north lock has now transferred over to this lock. The movement of water from one lock to the other is how the ships are lowered or raised. The direction of the…
