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[quote=Anonymous]I’ve done it twice—it’s great and here are my thoughts.
1.  I think the one way trips from Vancouver to Alaska (or reverse) are best so I recommend that.
2.  The Seward highway from anchorage to Seward is gorgeous with many great stops.  Anchorage is also fabulous.  I recommend renting a car one way to get from anchorage to port.  But there are very few one way rentals so reserve that (hertz) as soon as you make cruise reservation.  If you can’t get that, the train or bus tours are also good.
3. It’s a rain forest.  There will be rain.  August has shorter days but will have more bears because the salmon have started running.
4.  Don’t expect the tricked out boats that cruise the caribbean—they can’t dock at Alaska ports.  Smaller, older boats.  
5.  Only Holland and princess have permits to go into glacier bay.  But Hubbard glacier (alternate used by rcl) is also awesome.
6.  When budgeting, you may want to save money for some expensive excursions.  Personally, I wouldn’t spend extra on disney for Alaska.  I’d rather save the money for a helicopter trip to a glacier or a floatplane trip over misty fjords.
7.  Check out cruise critic’s Alaska forum for more detailed info.  Those folks know everything (often too much....).[/quote]

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