Itinerary for our Rocky Mountaineer Vacation and Alaskan Cruise Tour 2010
We are having to do a reality check often because it is difficult to imaging going on vacation and no snow on the ground!
It is my plan to keep this blog updated on a regular basis, if I get short of time it will definately be updated once I get back home - so keep checking in from time to time.
May 25th – Toronto – Doubletree by Hilton
May 26th – Westjet WS 0685 Toronto (09:00 a.m.) To Calgary (11:08 a.m.)
May 26th - Coach Transfer Calgary Airport to Banff
May 26th - Rimrock Resort Hotel Banff
May 27th - Banff to Kamloops Rocky Mountaineer – GoldLeaf
May 27th – Kamloops – Dinner and Show Rhythms on the Rails
May 27th – Kamloops – Four Points by Sheraton (Hotel)
May 28th -Kamloops to Vancouver Rocky Mountaineer – GoldLeaf
May 28th – Vancouver – Sheraton Wall Centre
May 29th – Vancouver - Quality Hotel Airport (South) Richmond, BC 3051.
May 30th - Alaska Airlines AS 2265 Vancouver, BC (08:50 a.m.) to Seattle, WA (09:45 a.m.)
Alaska Airlines AS 0123 Seattle WA (12:55 p.m.) To Fairbanks, AK (03:33 p.m.)
May 30th - Sophie Station Hotel, Fairbanks, Alaska
May 31st - Fairbanks, AK – meet Tour Director – Sophie Station Hotel
June 01st - Fairbanks, AK – Fairbanks City Tour, includes a cruise on the Riverboat Discovery Sternwheeler and a tour of the El Dorado Gold Mine. Stay the night in Fairbanks – Sophie Station Hotel.
In the evening we have dinner and attend the Palace Theatre Golden Heart Review.
June 02nd - Travel on the Wilderness Express – a glass-domed train car to Denali. Tour Denali National Park then we stay the night in Denali – the Grande Denali Lodge
June 3rd. - We will be going on the Denali Park Tour Adventure. That evening we attend the Cabin Nite Dinner Theatre and spend the night in Denali – at the Grande Denali Lodge
June 04th - In the morning we leave Denali for Anchorage where we have some time to ourselves to explore the city and have lunch. Later we travel to Seward where we board the Celebrity Millennium to begin our cruise. We depart Seward at 09:00 p.m.
June 05th - We are cruising the Hubbard Glacier
June 06th - We dock at Juneau, AK and do the Mendenhall Glacier and Whale Quest Tour
June 07th - We dock at Skagway, AK and go Horseback Riding
June 08th - We are tendered at Icy Strait Point, AK, here we chose to go Kayaking
June 09th - We are docked at Ketchikan, AK., where we see the Ketchikan Highlights and attend a Lumberjack Show
June 10th - We Cruise the Inside Passage
June 11th - We dock at Vancouver, BC at 07:00 a.m.
June 11th – Westjet WS 0468 Vancouver (01:30 p.m.) to Toronto (08:48 p.m.)
June 11th - Toronto – Doubletree by Hilton, 655 Dixon Rd.
June 12th – Heading home.
The day was beautiful - no wind, lots of bright warm sun; temperatures were as high as 30 degrees C at 11:30 in Barrie
The sun was just breaking the horizon outside of Manitowaning - you can see a light fog laying in the low areas.
The North Channel was laying in wait for the first of summer's sailing vessels
Here is the Mandarin in Barrie - we try to stop here on our way to Toronto for lunch - today was no exception. They have great food!