Alaska and Japan cruise

I too was on this cruise to Tokyo also. I remember distinctly when we left Seward, Alaska within 1 minute of leaving the dock the captain coming over the speaker saying he was going to have to go south instead of the Northern Route by the Aleutian Islands and the Bering Sea due to a Storm up there. I told my friend we will not make Hakodate or Sendai now...nobody believed me but we missed both...I agree we had no way to prove that there was a Typhoon and a Super Typhoon and we went between the two that were seperated by about 900 miles according to the Captain. The Captain has to keep us safe and he has rules he has to follow or Jail Time vs Titanic Time? Anyhow I found something So Cool i am going to share it for everyone. I had went online to see if there was anything near the World Cruise Terminal in Tokyo to do...nothing online...but folks it was amazing. We arrived at the dock 1 day earlier than planned and did immigration and then we could leave the ship for the day and return for the night and the following day we would have to disembark. I walked along the water on the path for approx. 1.5 miles up river to a place called Odaiba Beach and there happens to be a Ferry Terminal that goes up the Sumida River to Asakusa where the famous Temple is on oneside of the river and the other side is the Tokyo Sky Tree. It cost like 1200 yen or $9 usd oneway and traveled at least 10 miles up river, such a scenic tour stopping along the way at other terminals. I purhased my ticket back at Asakusa for the last ferry that day and started walking to the temple approx 1.2 miles. Wow and wow the pictures along the river and it was a slow cruise up and back. Most amazing trip in the City nobody talks about. Oh and in Odabai there is a Statue of Liberty 75' tall and a huge mall with the Hello Kitty Tokyo Store and one more thing....the Gaundam Store with all the Robots and a huge outside 100' tall one with a store filled with all there past models sold. Alot of people bring these back as souvenirs or resale as your allowed i think $1500 duty free when entering the USA. The Temple was so cool and the Gates....ended up going back there a couple days later since this is one of the only places to get souvenirs. The center roads towards the temple past the gates is shops with Souvenirs that take credit cards and the side streets intersecting is the older japanese souvenir shops with traditional souvenirs like Kimono's and they only take the Yen...no cards accepted. Amazing Souvenirs i brought home. Amazing Temples and Gardens. Amazing People so Friendly and Polite. So Clean of a city...Uber works super efficent and saves time and money. trains are cheaper but you need time to walk from the terminal to ? tokyo is complicated too, they have crosswalks 60' above street in buisness districts...goggle maps looses you lol. residential fine but buisness areas the crosswalks would slow traffic down like nyc. elevated on busy streets. enjoy the city it was so cool. i will be back!!!!

Thanks for sharing. Did you get a data plan from your phone company as well? Cruising during off season can bring lots of weather-related problems that’s why it’s a lot cheaper. The same cruise during peak Sakura season is almost double.

I have also heard of compensation through travel insurance for cruise ship cancelled ports? BUT, it depends on the type of policy you have and what documentation is required. Not all travel insurance policies cover this. This would be something to at least investigate.

Thanks for sharing

sorry the cruise line cared for your safety and missed a few ports. next time, read your contract YOU signed. ports are never guaranteed and can change with no refund or credit. you're lucky you recieved obc. they didn't have to give you jack squat

Sorry!

So many compliments.

Sorry you were disappointed.

Some cruise lines will give you zero onboard credit. Unfortunately not reading and understanding your contract, only makes you angrier. I understand not going to a port can be highly disappointing.

I'm guessing you were on the transpacific cruise from Seattle? I was on that cruise, so you are leaving out a lot of context. Several major storms were in cruise path, so I'm guessing you would be complaining if the captain sailed into them as well. Yiu need to spend more time reading your cruise contract, cause it clearly states that cruise ports can be missed for any reason without compensation. You had a full day in Tokyo to see whatever you wanted I've never heard of people traveling to Japan to see changing leaf colors. People usually go to the Northeast cruise to Canada for that. There was different entertainment every night, but I will admit that I'm not a big fan of stage shows. You obviously set your expectations way too high to the point that you couldn't be satisfied no matter how the cruise turned out.