Alaska CruiseTour September 2023 Tampa to Anchorage and Anchorage to Mt. McKinley Lodge

So, all vacations start with my dogs looking pathetic even though they love their dog sitters. Somehow I missed getting a picture of Archie. We were off for a 16 hour plus day of travel and covering 4 time zones. I go off Keto on vacation and always get Starbucks Pumpkin Spice Latte if we were traveling during the season as in real life, I would never spend that kind of money on Starbucks.

So breakfast of Champions with PSL and chocolate croissant. In Dallas we had a couple of hours for a layover so we had lunch at a TGI Fridays, fried food and cotton candy cosmo for the win, which was a good thing as they did not serve food on the 7 hour flight from Dallas to Anchorage.

We made it to the hotel, Captain Cook which was a decent hotel. We had dinner, as it as after 9. The food wasn’t very good and was not cheap either. This kind of seemed like a theme for the land tour. But you don’t go to Alaska just to eat.

The next morning I was going to do a workout in the gym, but I couldn’t find the entrance. So I walked around downtown Anchorage, unfortunately this Florida girl was only wearing leggings and a tshirt. We had breakfast at the hotel which was good. My husband had the reindeer sausage with his eggs and toast and I had chicken and waffles. We left and made our way to Mt. McKinley Lodge. The bus ride was a little over 3 hours.

We arrived at Mt. McKinley lodge. We had lunch at Base Camp, checked out our room, walked around. We eventually did the hike to the Treehouse, one of their main attractions. We saw a movie about the Northern lights in the Hudson theater and had a late dinner at the Base Camp.

September 2019 Alaska Cruise Day 3-Juneau- Dinner

After a very long day, it was late and we had dinner and did not do much else.

Being from central Florida and not used to cold weather of any sort, I was ready to get warmed up with some soup, lobster bisque to be exact.

I then had an appetizer of a goat cheese fondue.

On Princess, Club class or above gets a select part of the dining room and they have the chef cooking something for everyone to taste, even though we did not need it they gave us the pasta dish to try.

Since we were in Juneau they had crab legs on the menu and they were good.

Finally, the love boat and Baileys and coffee.

September 2019 Alaska Cruise Day 3 Juneau-Foodie Tour Part 2

So, I am having issues uploading more than 10 pictures at a time. I will be posting in smaller increments than I would like.

Next we went to have homemade sausages, including reindeer. I think everyone in our group bought several to take home with us.

Next to a tea shop.

We then went to a food truck and campfire for a fish stick.

We ended with a beer sampler at the Alaskan Brewing Company

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Next we went to an upscale restaurant, that only served locally sourced ingredients.

Next to a tea shop.

We then went to a food truck and campfire for a fish stick.

We ended with a beer sampler at the Alaskan Brewing Company

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September 2019 Alaska cruise Day 3 Juneau

We were not scheduled to arrive in Juneau until nearly noon. That meant there was plenty of time for another Mimosa breakfast.

We had time to take in the scenery before leaving the ship.

September 2019 Alaska cruise Day 2 Dinner at Salty Dog

We had dinner at the Salty Dog pub, which is inside the wheelhouse bar. It may have been one of my favorite restaurants. Casual and low-key.

Breadsticks with cheese fondue, calamari, crab cake, poutine and Ernesto burger.

Breadsticks
Crab cake
Calamari
Poutine
Ernesto Burger

As good as dinner was my husband liked the donuts the most.

Pots de creme
Donuts

After dinner we went to Crooners for a nightcap before going to the room and getting ready for a long day in Juneau.

Piano music at Crooners

End of Day 2.

September 2019 Alaska cruise Day 2

I return to the room and was greeted by chocolate covered strawberries and canapés.

After a short nap, it was time to walk around, go to Vines and meet my husband in the casino for our pre-dinner meeting.

Live music

It was the formal night dinner, but we were going to Salty Dog pub instead but I got to see them prepare for the champagne fountain of glasses.

Don’t litter.

Then to Vines, wine and sushi.

Meeting with my husband in the casino.

September 2019 Alaska cruise Day 2 Wine Tasting

I went to the wine tasting which lasted a couple of hours. The maitre’d and sommelier discussed the process of making wine and champagne and the wine was paired with certain foods to bring out the elements of each of the wines.

Time for a short nap before dinner.

September 2019 Alaska cruise-Day 2 Seaday Breakfast, concert and lunch

A sea day, sleeping in, then off to Breakfast. Another advantage of the suite is breakfast in the crown grill and it includes a mimosa.

Chocolate croissant
Yogurt parfait
Eggs Benedict

After breakfast we went to a presentation about Alaska but no one showed up, so after about 20 minutes we left. I looked at my emails and I had one from work so worked from the room for a little while and then I was off to see Sheryl Crow in concert, on the outdoor movie screen.

Then to lunch. Fried calamari, chicken and trifle.

Trifle

Next, a wine tasting.