Port Guide: Sitka, Alaska - What We Think You Should Know Before You Go! - ParoDeeJay
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- Опубликовано: 5 июл 2024
- Looking to explore Sitka while on an Alaskan cruise? Welcome to our Port Guide series! Join us as we share our personal experiences, discover what to see and do close to the cruise port, showcase some ship excursions, and let you know if it's possible to have a fun day on the cheap. We'll be talking bears, totems, eagles, shopping, dining, history, culture, and all sorts of shenanigans in the port of Sitka, Alaska... let's do this thing!! :D
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00:00 BOOM!
00:04 Welcome To Sitka
00:32 Navigating The Port
01:32 Ship Excursions
04:36 Exploring On Your Own
08:10 Tour Vendors
09:57 Free & Frugal Fun
Here are links to our individual vlogs from this port:
-Serenade Of The Seas Pt.4 • Serenade Of The Seas P... (Sitka Wildlife Tours Land Tour)
-Serenade Of The Seas Pt.5 • Serenade Of The Seas P... (Downtown Area)
-Radiance Of The Seas NB Pt.4 • Radiance Of The Seas N... (Sitka Wildlife Tours Marine Tour)
-Carnival Splendor Pt.4 • Carnival Splendor Pt.4... (Sitka National Historic Park)
Find the stuff & things mentioned in this video here:
-Sitka Wildlife Tours www.sitkawildlifetours.com/
-Baranof Tours www.baranoftours.com/
-Gallant Adventures gallantadventuresalaska.com/
-Sitka Wildlife Adventures www.sitkawildlifeadventures.com/
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I like how you rate the ports for those who've never been there.
Love free and frugal fun!
Love how Dee mentioned "air snorkel".... we know she is Mermaid Dee, even in Alaska!
We’re planning our 3rd cruise to Alaska end of May next year. This time we’re doing Sitka and Haines, which we’ve never been to. So that will be interesting. Last cruise there we did the 14 day Princess cruise and land portion, which we loved! Glad y’all showed Sitka. It gave us an idea of what to expect there. Probably just walk the town and shops. This trip is for relaxing mostly since it’s for our 50th Anniversary. The slower pace will be great!
Good review of what to see in Sitka in a very short time. I love to see visitors enjoying my home town.
Always a pleasure to see your happy faces... love your port guides, you give such great info..
Another great port guide, Happy Valentine’s Day!
Great series! Like you said we are planning phase for our upcoming cruise, first time in Alaska! Very helpful, thank you!
This was very helpful, thank you so much!
I haven’t been to Sitka, but it looks like another wonderful, beautiful place in Alaska. With all that beautiful scenery, you can’t go wrong anywhere in Alaska!
Very helpful video!Thank you!!!
Great, informative videos!!!
Very helpful. Thank you.
I want to thank you so much for your videos. Thanks to you when we were in St. Thomas 2 weeks ago and our ship docked at Crown Bay we took the water taxi over to Water Island and had a great day. My husband saw 3 turtles, tons of fish and a stingray. The water was so calm and we did not have to worry about traffic back to the ship. Luckily in St. Maarten the day before we took a ship excursion to Mullet Bay beach because our coach bus had a police escort back to the ship (the ship would have waited at least an hour for us if this police escort did not happen)! This was an exciting first.
The dub over street name made me chuckle - thanks guys!
I started watching you guys on episode 8 of the pride of America series and have watched every video since then you guys are my favorite cruise vloggers keep up the great work!!!
Enjoyed your podcast❤
OHV = Off Highway Vehicle, so you can be in the know. Thank you for this information as I am planning my future trip to the midnight sun
The national park was my favorite part of the Sitka visit.
Leaving tomorrow first time to Alaska
Sitka is the first port
I will be here next summer. drivng the busses to town and back.
We’ve wondered up the hill to the Russian cemetery. It was not only beautiful but offers really nice views of the harbor.
The bears are orphans and rescued and saved at the Fortress of the Bear sanctuary. A lot of times if young bears are orphaned they are euthanized because there is no other alternative for help. This sanctuary will save them and let them live out their lives.
Love all of your Port Guide videos. We watched this one and the ones for Juneau, Icy Strait & Ketchikan. We absolutely cracked up at the frequent references to "wildlife spotting." We did have one question though in general about all of the port guides. It seems like there is so much similarity between all the ports, almost as if when you've done one, you've done them all. Specifically as far as Alaskan culture goes. Is there any real difference between ports as far as what you learn about the culture of Alaska? Are there different tribes identified at each port? Are the totem poles at each location different (seen one totem you've seen them all)? Excursions are obviously different but what are the cultural differences?
So glad you're doing Alaska. Going back this spring. Any chance Ketchikan is next? It's the only stop I don't have an excursion booked for. Did the lumberjack show last time so thinking of just walking around town.
Ketchikan is indeed up next!! :D
Is there a convenient way to snagg the information you put out for Cruise Ship ports, and stuff, and things, like Orlando, Port Canaveral. All that
Hey, thanks again for the content! Couple of things - isn't Jun-Aug considered high season? Always been told (which is supported by pricing) that April/May and Sept/Oct were shoulder seasons and less busy. I've found this to be the case since I only go during May or Sept which tend to be the cheapest when searching for cruises to Alaska. I also am a little astonished by your ratings on some of these ports - you give Sitka a higher rating than Skagway which to me is Crazy! Any way you want to rate them, Skagway has so much more to do than Sitka - especially in the "tourist area". I found Sitka to be somewhat uninteresting with nothing that really made it stand out (other than the Russian background) where Skagway was really rich with the gold rush background and plenty of historical sites mixed with nature. Last thing, I would love to hear about your personal recommendations for "Best of" included in these port guides. Restaurants, bars, shopping, sightseeing - things or places you've actually done or visited that are can't miss. Things that are unique to the port would also be cool. Last time I was in Juneau we went to the Alaskan Hotel and Bar and had a great time looking around and chatting with the bartender. We also stopped in at a distillery that was in an old firehouse - just cool local color and businesses that support the community and get you a good snapshot of the area. In any case, thanks for your perspective and keep puttin' out those videos :)
September best month for Alaska! Less people, good chance for warm weather and a lot of end of yhe season sales :)
There's a similar bear habitat near Yellowstone Park -- I think, because the bears have possibly been imprinted on humans it's not considered safe to release them.
The Yellowstone bears are occasionally tasked as "bear proof container" testers. Many, many such containers haven't passed.
The bears are so beautiful ❤❤❤
Do you have a weinermobile model on your top shelf? Just curious what that is behind and above Jay, if it's not a weinermobile? It's behind one of the ship trophies.
It's a "Funship Freddie"; Carnival's old mascot.
Where can u get maps of the towns In Alaska
How did the people with mobility scooters get to town, or did they have to stay around the port? Thank you
They appear to have shuttles that can accommodate scooters and such!! :D
maps. where do you get the maps? good video
@parodeejay Jay, please link where you get your socks!!!
Oh gosh, all over the place! Usually Old Navy, but they seem to have stopped carrying so many lately. Many others have been gifts over the years, which is awesome!! :D
@@parodeejay Thanks Jay! I just picked up some sushi socks :D
Seeing all the beautiful wildlife would make me give it a 10. But having to go on all those little boat tours would make me give it a zero I don't like having to be on little boats
Did taste of Sitka you saw a few sights and had a taste of Salmon and beer
What did you think of that excursion? Worth it? I’m taking my 84/85yr old mom and aunt on an Alaska cruise and am limited to low-mobility type excursions. Thanks.
I got food poisoning two days before and this was my first one out of isolation. I did not eat the salmon or beer. The rice was really good and my friend loved the salmon I thought this was a great experience
I have mobility issues and it worked well for me
@@marilynbeebe8249 Thanks for the quick response!
OHV = Off Highway Vehicle. It can get confusing.
I didn’t get to go to Sitka on our Alaskan cruise