Alaska Travel & Packing

My husband myself and 2 friends are visiting Alaska in June of 2019. We are renting a car on June 3rd and spending ten days traveling from Anchorage to Fairbanks back down to Seward to meet our ship on June 14th.

We have just started to put together the day to day. We are very excited about this once in a lifetime trip! Any tips, or suggestions would be much appreciated. Here is our general itinerary:

June 3rd- Arrive in Anchorage Rent car.

June 4th- Spencer Glacier day train trip / overnight ANC.

June 5th- Drive 1+ hours to arrive at Whittier Tunnel for the 10:30 am opening. William Sound Blackstone Glacier cruise lunch on cruise. Drive to Girdwood (half an hour) . Alyeska Tram if weather is good. or try tomorrow. Overnight at Hotel Alyeska.

June 6th.- Wildlife Conservation Center in Girdwood. Then drive the 7.5 hours to Fairbanks. Overnight.

June 7th - Drive to gold dredge 8 tour then at 2pm Riverboat Discovery tour. overnight

June 8th - North Pole and ice museum. Pick up snacks/ supplies to Denali & overnight

June 9th - Shuttle to Eielson 8-11 hours. overnight

June 10th- morning ATV in Denali . Drive to Talkeetna (3hrs) Early evening flightseeing with Flyk2.com. Overnight Talkeetna

June 11- Allowing time in case need to do flight this morning because of weather. Mantanuska Glacier and maybe Native Heritage Center museum. Return car. Overnight

June 12th- Costal Classic morning train Alaska Railroad 6:45 am. arriving in Seward at 11:05 am Maybe Sea Life Center, and Exit Glacier. Overnight Seward.

June 13- 7.5 hr. Kenai Fjords cruise Overnight

June 14th - Sea life Center or Exit Glacier if not done on June 12th Board the ship.

For those in the know == if you see any problems or have any suggestions to this itinerary please let me know. We have not booked airfare or hotel as yet and could also use some suggestions with restaurants.

Thanks in Advance

A sweater with detachable fur (as pictured by my profile) is great for Alaska because the fur can be unbuttoned and removed as needed. I took an old puffy coat that I put in one of those vacuum bags to conserve space - gave it to the Uber driver when I got back to Seattle. (I don't live in a cold climate anymore so no need for it) Princess handed out hot Cocoa and blankets during the Inside Passage!

We sailed to Alaska 4 years ago over Labor Day and I did not have anything to keep my ears warm when on deck. The sun was shining bet the ship is moving and I had to inside to warm up a bit. Yes, it is a backward experience from the Caribbean, where you go inside to cool off.

So be sure to bring earmuffs, wide headband or whatever will keep your ears warm. The only time I didn't pack enough!

I feel ya! I would in a heart beat because it is beautiful (So i've been told), but love my sun and surf.

A hat or ear muffs is essential when up on deck ... wouldn't have enjoyed the glaciers as much with the wind blowing and chilly temperature.

Alaska is my bucket list too... I decided on my lunch break I need to start investigating and deciding which line is best, which itinerary and then go from there.

Great information. I have been kicking around an Alaskan cruise but not sure since I don't really like the cold and prefer the sun and sand. Then on the other hand, how else am I going to get my Artic Circle Certificate?

Carnival Legend! Alaska is a bucket list item and we are very excited to spend out anniversary there!

Not to get nosy, Toontes, but what line are you on? We are on Celebrity departing Seattle on 8/26.

Seattle to Seattle. Sounds like Mid-Westerners will do just fine if we plan on layering clothing. Thank you for your input!