Want to Ride the Alaska Ferry? - Everything You Need to Know - VAN ACROSS AMERICA
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- Опубликовано: 6 окт 2023
- Take a tour of the Alaska ferry and the ship M/V Columbia. In this episode we'll show you what it looks like, how to make a reservation on the Alaska ferry and what it costs.
We filmed this while riding the Alaska ferry from Juneau, Alaska, to Bellingham, Washington. The boat made short stops in Wrangell and Petersburg and a three hour stop in Ketchikan, Alaska, before sailing the final two days to Bellingham.
The official name of the Alaska ferry is the Alaska Marine Highway System.
If you also want to see my 13 part series on driving to Alaska on the Alaska Highway and what it's like to drive to the Arctic Circle and the Arctic Ocean, you can see all those videos here:
Driving to Alaska: • Driving to Alaska
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I've only had the opportunity to take an overnight ferry once, and I would love to do it again. Camping on the deck would make it a unique experience. The Navy did give me the chance to cross the Pacific three times on a ship, I wouldn't want to do that again. Thanks for sharing.
I guess crossing the Pacific on a Navy ship would be a little bit different than riding a ferry. What ship were you on?
@@iLikeMike USS Thomaston, LSD 28
You were on that not too long before it was decommissioned?
@@iLikeMike I left about a year before it was decommissioned early due to damage from a grounding. It was commissioned in 1954 so the Navy didn't want to invest in repairs for such an old ship.
We rode our Honda Goldwing trike from our home in the Houston, Texas area to Fairbanks, AK back in 2017. Spent 10 days riding around in Alaska. Then loaded up on the ferry in Skagway and rode that to Prince Rupert, BC. We had a little cabin for two nights. Great views and an excellent experience. The ferry was one of the best parts of the trip. 6 weeks and 11,000 miles. 👍
That sounds like a pretty nice trip!
I had no idea this existed. I’m glad you shared it. Cheers, Mike!
I didn't know about the ferry, either, until I started planning the drive.
Excellent video, thank you.
Amazing source of information!!!!!!
Lovely! Cheers for more awesome and incredible adventures!🥂❤️✨
Thanks! Many more happy adventures on your channel too. 😊
Did 5 day passage from Bellingham to Whittier with my R1200GS (BMW motorcycle)
Saved MANY MANY miles on my way to the DALTON HIGHWAY.
Returned INLAND route back to the US.
Sounds like you had a great trip. I did it in the opposite direction - drove the Alcan and the Dalton and then back down on the ferry.
Amazing! Price & value of the experience! Like that! Thx for sharing!
Yes, I thought the price was a good tradeoff for the experience. 🙂
Thank you for another great video. The experience is priceless. Actually for a big vehicle like your van that was not bad. Thank you for the tour and for taking us along on your adventure.
It was a good experience camping on deck. I would consider doing it again.
@@iLikeMike I was thinking camping on the deck would be way better than a cabin. The hammock looked really inviting.
Thanks for the tour!
I bet you were on there at the best time of the year. Winters are probably pretty bumpy on a ferry. Beautiful ship.
The weather was quite nice.
we enjoyed your other videos, we are going to do this trip next year and will be watching all your videos again
It was an enjoyable trip and not really as daunting as some would say. It's very easy to find places to stop and camp each night.
@@iLikeMike we are going to start in Bellingham and meander back to Vancouver
@valerie577 Sounds like a nice trip!
I looking forward to my first trip to alaska in june. Ferry from Bellingham to juno and staying in a hotel 3 nights in juneau. Im hoping i get some sun, i know it rains most days there.
When I was in Juneau for two days last summer, it was sunny both days and rained during the night. Have fun!
appreciate very much. Been building a Promaster… wife just retired… so it’s almost go time. Go where? I’ll tell ya when I get there!
:)
That's a good attitude to have. Just have a general idea of where to go and see where you actually do. 🙂 Good luck on the build!
Is there showers and laundry facilities? How large of a vehicle can you drive on? Is it ada compliant?
There are free showers and the water is nice and hot. There are washers and dryers and you can get change from the purser to operate them. There were large Class C motorhomes, some even with trailers, that were driven onto the vehicle deck. The two boats I was on are ADA compliant.
Great video. I called the costumer service and was told a cabin would be $500 and $460 for the passage from Bellingham to Juneau so that’s almost $1000 for less 3 days. Sounds very expensive and you still have to buy food. Am I mistaken?
You're correct, the Alaska ferry is not a cheap ride. You do have to still buy food onboard or bring your own.
You forgot to show us the Captain's Cabin and Bridge! Haha
The captain's cabin and bridge - I wasn't checked out to steer the boat, so they wouldn't let me in. 🙂🙂
Not much anymore. Thre current govenor has reduced the service to less than what it was in 1960 when the system started!
Too bad that's happened. Hopefully it will get back to a more full schedule.