Port Adventures
The Ports We’ve Explored, One Gangway at a Time
This is where we round up every port day and shore excursion from our Disney cruises so far. Some independent, some booked through the ship, all reviewed honestly, with Captain J.J. weighing in when he feels like it (he always feels like it).
What to Do in Ketchikan in Just a Few Hours
We did not arrive in Ketchikan until about 1 p.m. due to pier construction at another terminal. This pushed our gangway opening back to 2 p.m. and set our all-aboard time at 7 p.m. That sounds like five hours of port time on paper. But in actually you never want to be that person arriving…
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…
