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Honest stories, real reviews, and port adventures — from two empty nesters and one very opinionated toy giraffe, who has been known to tell a sea story or two.
Stikine Icecap Glacier Viewing: What It Is and What to Expect
Standing on the upper deck of a catamaran, surrounded by chunks of ancient ice floating in near-silence, with the face of Dawes Glacier rising in the distance, is not an experience that translates well into words. I’m going to try anyway. If you’re sailing a Disney Alaska itinerary that ventures into Endicott Arm, you already…
Icy Strait Point Disney Cruise: Explore Hoonah Culture
The Disney Magic docked here on our Alaska sailing, and I’ll be honest I didn’t know much about the place going in beyond “zipline” and “whales.” The port was something that felt different from every other cruise port I’ve walked off a gangway into. The story of Icy Strait Point is the story of the…
Skagway Port Guide: What to Do During Your Disney Alaska Cruise Stop
Skagway is a small cruise port in southeastern Alaska with an old western, early 1900s feel about it. That’s not an accident. Six blocks of downtown are designated as a National Historic District, and almost 100 buildings from the Gold Rush era still stand, with the National Park Service actively preserving many of them. It…
Disney Cruises Have No Casino. It Has Something Better.
0945 Underway, DISNEY MAGIC, 10NM NW of Ketchikan, AK. Sea state 2. Mostly sunny. 1000 Bingo Pre-sale for $7,500 Jackpot begin. 1030 Bingo has started. Betty has been encouraged to shake it up. J.J., Captain, TNM Disney Cruise Line has never had a casino and isn’t getting one. If that’s a dealbreaker, this is useful…
The USB Situation on Older Ships Is Not a Rumor
The Disney Magic is a great ship. She’s also been sailing since 1998, and the stateroom outlets reflect that era. Standard US outlets are there, and there’s typically one or two USB ports worked into the setup near the vanity or nightstand.
Disney Alaska Cruise – Fairmont Vancouver Airport Hotel Review
The Fairmont Vancouver Airport sits directly above the USA Departure terminal, connected by elevator to the Disney Cruise Line ground transportation pickup. No shuttle, no downtown traffic, no hauling bags through the rain. Here’s why we’d book it again.
