A Day Exploring Juneau on our Alaska Cruise! Grand Princess 2023
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- Опубликовано: 3 окт 2024
- A beautiful day in one of our favorite Alaskan towns! Juneau brought out the sunshine as we got to visit Mendenhall Glacier, the Shrine of St. Therese, breweries, I got to walk down Sandy Beach in Douglas before we had dinner with friends and headed back to the ship.
Juneau is one of those towns that is always beautiful and always fun to visit. We already can't wait to come back!
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Started cruising in the previous century on Holland America. Amazing art collection on each ship! Nothing else was noteworthy, but that was a long time ago. Had the opportunity to (but didn't) sail on the 50's vintage Rotterdam, the last STEAM ship still in service. In retrospect, should have booked the Rotterdam. It had double helix non-intersecting stairways to separate first class passengers from the common folk! We did the Statendam, but berthed next to the Rotterdam in most of the Alaska ports!
Omg the malamute made me cry. I had a male red malamute literally identical to the one you seen. His name was Mario and he was the most gentle giant ever. Very protective of my kids. He passed 2 years ago at the age of 13 and I still cry over him. Thank you so much for showing that beautiful malamute cuz now I can think back on memories of my sweet giant Mario
Hubby and I cruised Alaska and would go again for sure
Long-term Douglas, Alaska resident here. Just found your video in my feed and wanted to thank you for such beautiful footage of (and positive reaction to) our community. I feel fortunate that I get to hike with my dog in all these magical forest trails, rocky beaches, and especially the Treadwell Mine trails at Sandy Beach. Eagle Beach is another great spot for those who rent a car. (Note to those renting Jeeps: Don't forget to ask about the "Jeep Wave", it's proper etiquette.) Nugget Falls and the shallow tide-pools of the lake is an area where my kids used to swim when they were growing up as well as Sandy Beach on Independence Day. Skaters Cabin and the Montana Creek camp-grounds are also worth checking out if spending the night in the area.
We sailed on Holland America on a land sea tour of Alaska.
I love the size and classic ship style of HAL. The service is amazing, and we enjoyed the food, entertainment, but most of all the naturalists onboard. Going to Denali was great experience. We had great weather, saw lots of whales and other wildlife, and even saw the northern lights.
Hope we can return someday.
Sounds like you had an amazing time! Thank you for sharing!
Loved our Holland America cruise to Alaska! The best, most comfortable beds we’ve ever experienced on any cruise line. A more mature clientele. Wonderful customer service 👏
Thank you! That's so helpful!
I love the sound of the Waterfall, near the Mendenhall glacier. And I always have said, the God was paying attention, when he created Alaska! It probably is one of my Favorite States for drop dead scenery. Loving going along with you on this trip. Thank you! Vickie from SE Pa
Hi! Thank you for sharing your journey! My husband and I have our first Alaska cruise, first cruise ever, booked for August 2025 for our 30th. Do you think we would enjoy renting a car and seeing Mendehall Glacier and Juneau and not get lost? Lol
👋🏼 We LOVE HAL!! My husband and I are in our mid-late 40’s. Food and service is fabulous. Plenty of spots to read. 😊. The live music venues are our absolute favorite!
My hubby and I cruised Alaska on the Holland America Eurodam not long before the pandemic started. We loved it. We'd do it again in a heartbeat. The naturalists and the live music made such an enjoyable trip. The food and service was exceptional.
Just love watching you guys together!
Thank you!
That water fall is amazing and so powerful. It’s so pretty too. It’s nice when u know hidden spots.
I adopted 3 adorable tiny yellow ducks in a charity shop for 30p, marked virgin Atlantic Lewis.
Great tour - I enjoyed seeing places we will not be able to get to on our visit! Thank you for that insider view, and for your enthusiasm and delightful narrative!
Oh, also, we will have to watch for eagles when our ship pushes away!! Thanks for mentioning this!!
Thank you for taking us along. We were not able to make it out to the train last month so we appreciate you taking us with you today. ♥️
Holland America is amazing. My favorite Alaska cruise line. Yes, even ahead of Princess. Better food, better cabins, and even better port positions.
Thank you for showing us more beauty in Alaska. My daughter and I took a cruise to Alaska from San Francisco Bay in September 2022. We were so lucky to have beautiful weather for the entire time we were in Alaska. We enjoyed ourselves so much. The coastal cities Ketichan, and Juneau were absolutely spectacular. And yes everyone told us how lucky we were to see the sun as they had had rain the day before. It is a cruise I want to take again. Amazing! ❤
I hope you do get to cruise Alaska again and I hope you have amazing weather next time too!
❤ Sandy Beach, nice place to sit and read 📖😉
12:55 -- Currently reading the Wild at Heart series and HUH!! ❤ This shot is everything. I cannot wait to visit Alaska someday soon. 😊
We set sail on Royal Princess July 1st. Your videos have given us a lot of ideas. We are so ready to get back to Alaska. This will be our 1st cruise.
Hi! It’s Ginny from the Disney Fantasy! We can give you a Holland America review in a few weeks! Leaving soon for Juneau, Skagway, Ketchikan, and Glacier Bay on the Koningsdam!
I just added Sandy Beach to our Turo itinerary. What order would you suggest doing Mendenhal, The Shrine of St Therese, and the beach? With a stop at Forbidden Peak.
We've sailed on HAL twice to AK - we loved it. IMHO Better docking, better port times, better access to Glacier Bay... We will sail with them again in July.
I haven't ever been there but just from your vlogs, I hope heaven is like the Shrine of St. Therese!!! What a beautiful and restful place! I'm glad your weather was amazing for your day in Juneau.
I don't think I could ever get tired of visiting the Shrine. Every time is just so special.
A very enjoyable video! Alaska is so beautiful. I definitely want to get there, preferably on a cruise.
My mom was a great fan of St Teresa, she named my sister after her. Thank you for sharing that. I hope to go someday.
I hope you’re able to make it there as well!
We sailed HAL in 2019 to AK and loved it!! It was so beautiful… we did a whale watching excursion while in Juneau. Highly recommend it…saw whales, orca, large seal lions in a bay. Had perfect weather and got some amazing photos in Juneau. Can’t wait to go back to AK.
Since I found your lovely channel I've watched many of your videos because I enjoy your content. However, your daily accounts of this Alaska cruise are extra special to me because we (My husband and I), came back last week from a 14 day Alaska Glacier Cruise on Majestic Princess roundtrip from Vancouver.
We had an absolutely grand time but now that I've seen your adventures in Ketchikan and Juneau I realize that we haven't seen the half!!! Thank you for opening my eyes to all the other ways to enjoy Alaska. I looking forward to seeing what you find at the other ports. Then we'll see if we can do Alaska a second time!!
Hi Lorna! So glad you enjoy these! We really have loved sharing these. We hope you enjoy the rest of this series as well!
Love Juneau! 🥰
So do we! Such a wonderful town!
Thanks for another GREAT video! You gave me some great ideas for our trip next year!!! 🥰🥰🥰
We took our first AK cruise on Holland the week before you took this cruise! Our experience was very good. As I’m sure you know, Holland seems to fit an older demographic. My husband and I are in our mid 40s and had a great time! They didn’t have quite as many activities as ships we’ve been on in the past (Disney and Carnival), but overall we really enjoyed that it was a smaller ship. Food was decent, staff was lovely. We did wish we had seen this vlog prior to our cruise, you had some great ideas!
Thanks so much for watching and thanks so much for sharing your experience!
Great, great, great video ❤
Thank you! :)
@@LeggLife no, thank you. ❤
it wasnt Alaska but a Mexican Ceuise with Holland America Cruises that I experienced
Okay, before your video starts, I have to tell you I actually squealed with delight when I saw there was a video! ❤😊
Hope you enjoyed it!
@@LeggLife i absolutely did!
We always Cruise NCL. Been to Alaska 10 times, Coming back next May!
took a very similiar tour on grand princess last year and really enjoyed your vlog! One attraction I think you may want to visit next time, is the Alaska State Museum, which was fantastic. So much history, along with incredibly interesting artifacts displayed. I absolutely loved it!!
Yes! We’ve been to the state museum on a previous trip to Juneau and LOVED the museum! Definitely worth visiting
Your lovely day in Juneau makes me want to go back! We went on a HAL cruise last September. We did different things on our Juneau day and loved it… Mendenhall Glacier, Amalga gin Distillery ( awesome!!) and walked around town.
Isn't Juneau a wonderful town?! We love visiting there!
Yes, Adam....I have cruised on Holland America , the 2nd time we cruised. 1st time , we cruised we did Princess. But our time on Holland America, was a bit of a disappointment. We had a veranda stateroom, and we couldnt even sit out on our balcony, because a guy, down 1 deck and over 2...was smoking a cigar, every night! Granted this was a long time ago.....so maybe smoking on the balcony was allowed. We got off in Skagway, that cruise, took the train into the Yukon, over thru Delta junction, stopped at the North pole and saw Santa, then Fairbanks down to McKinley, which can tell you how many years ago that was, then train down to Anchorage, stayed at a B&B for 5 days, then flew home to Pa. Vickie, again
I hope to go to the Shrine of St Therese! What a beautiful place.
It is so peaceful and we always love visiting there!
Love your vlogs, you are blessed to live in such a beautiful state. Thanks for sharing another great video 🥰👍👍
We definitely feel blessed to call Alaska "home"
Thank you for this video. It's bringing back memories for me because 9 years ago my husband and I got married on this very ship and in that very chapel that you guys stumbled upon, on a similar Alaskan cruise itinerary! The chapel still looks the same too. However, I don't remember that door being so creaky. 😆
Wow, what wonderful memories! Glad to hear the door wasn't as squeaky back then. Ha!
Our first cruise was to Alaska on Holland. That was 7 years ago, but we had a wonderful time! Great food!
Thank you for sharing that! We're excited to try Holland!
Thanks for sharing Juneau! The Shrine is lovely 🙏❤️ The bell ringing...was it at the shrine? I just love the coverage you do for us! Once again the duck fart shots make me laugh 😉 Blessings to you both🙏💕
Yes, the bell ringing was at the shrine! I think it happened right at noon.
My first cruise was a Alaska cruise on Holland America. It was a 11 day cruise and land. Only three days on the cruise so I don’t have many memories of the ship. I do remember a lot of older folks and no one swimming.
Ha! What a funny memory! Old folks and no swimming!
When we last visited Juneau, we walked that same trail but saw a bear cross right in front of us. I yelped and scared the bear, but as we came back from the falls, a ranger had people standing back because the bear found some berries, and apparently, I had not scared the bear at all!
We also took a whale tour and was favored with a pod of Orca!
It's one of our favorite trips!❤
Sounds like you had quite a memorable experiences in Juneau!
You are both amazing people and ambassadors for Alaska and cruising ❤ My dad and I enjoyed our trip so much (from NZ). Watched your videos before we left and reliving our trip through your recent vids. A question I didn't get an answer to when in Juneau: what is the building with the red roof where docked? We assumed it was something to do with mining?
Hey it's some of my favorite people😊❤❤
Happy Thursday!
@@LeggLife Happy Thursday to you also.
Scott’s and my very first cruise in Alaska was on Holland America. We really enjoyed it. The price was amazing.
It’s a goal of ours to cruise Alaska with you two! Maybe we will even let Cam and Laura join us too 😂
Maybe! 🤣🤣 Seriously, let’s make it happen.
Whenever I went to Juneau to work, I stayed in that red building behind you at the whale fountain. It’s a cool place to stay.
Did it used to (maybe still?) be the Juneau Hotel?
@@LeggLife yes. Old apartments turned into a hotel. Has it reverted to an apartment building?
I'm not sure what it is now. I remember when it opened as the Juneau Hotel!
@@LeggLife I miss my trips to Juneau. I think I’m going to do a Princess cruise from Alaska to Vancouver next year as a treat to myself, when I sell my house. I’d love it visit Ketchikan, Skagway, and/or Sitka.
How was the turo rental experience. Do you have a link to the specific rental, or renter?
Me and my family are going on a princess alaska cruise soon will teenagers enjoy the cruise or is it to adult oriented
Wait. How does Sherri know where sasquatch lives?😮 Wow, she is really smart!🤓 Does know where Santa lives and if there are aliens in Roswell?
Haha! Santa only lives like 5 hours from us in North Pole! We've met him! Ha!
i always find it odd that the capital of Alaska is barely in the state
If the cruise ship is in port from 2p-10p, will that allow us enough time to visit the Shrine of St. Therese and Mrndenhall Glacier?
I lived in Juneau for 5 years. The Shrine was my favorite place in Juneau. I lived 3 miles away from the Mendenhall Glacier in the Medenhall valley.
You should be able to do both in 8 hours. Unforgettable incredible beauty. The Shrine of St. Therese is so peaceful and serene. Enjoy.
Did you use the wifi for devices on your cruise? If so, how was it for speed and reliability?
We did use the wifi and it was actually really good! I was impressed the entire cruise with the speed
What dates were you there?
Not sure the exact dates, but it was the end of May