Today was the only day of our Alaskan cruise that we set our alarm clocks to wake up nice and early. The Disney Wonder was due to arrive in Skagway at 7:00am and we wanted to be off the ship as early as possible to start our day of sightseeing. We had nearly finished getting ready for the day when the ship started to dock in Skagway. (more…)

After booking our Disney Wonder cruise to Alaska, we immediately started looking into what we could do in each port. Skagway seemed to be the port with the most to see, however when looking up excursions I was horrified by the hideously expensive (and quite frankly rip-off) prices that were being charged. The fact that some excursions cost several hundred dollars a person was disgusting – there had to be a better way…and there was! (more…)