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Travelogue: Disney Cruise to Alaska, Part 2

July 2024
Cruise to Alaska on the Disney Wonder

  • This post will cover our stops in Skagway and Juneau
  • We really, really loved Skagway. It’s a tiny town that was made famous during the gold rush…even though it didn’t have much gold. We spent the morning on the White Pass Scenic Railway — a 3ish hour train ride up the mountain to the Yukon and back.
  • The afternoon brought sled dog puppies and a lesson for the kids in panning for gold. The puppies — and learning all about the Iditarod — were the highlight of the day!
  • We had a SUNNY, warm day in Juneau. We were told that Juneau gets about 280 days of clouds and or rain each year, so we felt very lucky with our gorgeous weather.
  • Our excursion of the day was whale watching and rainforest hike.
  • Humpback whales spend the summer near Juneau eating. #LifeGoals. And we saw SO MANY! Our guide had a binder of photos of known whales and their tail patterns. We were able to match one of the whales we saw — she turned out to be Flame, one of the area’s most active whales. She is also known as a Super Mom, having had at least 8 calves over her lifetime.
  • After our awesome whale watching experience, we went on a hike through the rainforest. It was peaceful and gorgeous.
  • The afternoon was spent having lunch, grabbing a salmon donut (Mike was the only one brave enough to try), and doing a little shopping.
  • After dinner at Triton’s on the ship, we sat outside our room and watched a whale breach about 20 times.

Starting the day out right.

Time for our train ride up the mountain.Up next were the PUPPIES!
I WANT THEM ALL.
OMG.
Dinner at Tiana’s
And some champagne to celebrate Mike becoming a judge.
The next day brought Juneau
Our whale-watching was followed by a rainforest hike.
Then we walked around downtown Juneau
The salmon donut! EWWEven the carpet is magical.
This whale breached probably 20-30 times outside of our balcony. It was spectacular.
Goodnight.

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