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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Feb 26, 2000
Pros: staff is great, train, sights, side trips
Cons: price
Summary: I highly recommend Alaska as a destination and more so, Princess Tours to make your travel most comfortable! I am a travel agent, and went on a trip to compare some others with Princess, and I can tell you they outdo themselves! You have excellent ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Feb 25, 2000
Pros: Best tasting fish in the world, almost anyone can fish for halibut
Cons: costly, possibility of sea sickness
Summary: Can you imagine landing a 400 lb. halibut? I can't, but I certainly heard about a couple people who've done it. They say you have to shoot the thing before you bring it onto the boat, otherwise it could do quite a bit of damage thrashing around. I ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jan 26, 2000
Pros: Great Scenery, Great People, GREAT EVERYTHING
Cons: If you get lost in the back country, you're screwed cause its so big
Summary: In the past few years, 4 to be exact, my dad and i have traveled to Alaska in the summer months for about 2 or 3 weeks each time we went. When we first arrived in Anchorage I was looking down at the city from above in our plane and the landscape that ... read more
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jan 25, 2000
Pros: Accommodations,scenery,historical areas
Cons: Make your own bunk(linens provided by ship)
Summary: Gigantic mountains, powder blue glaciers, ice bergs, killer whales,
bald eagles, and hump backs! All to be found if you travel to Alaska,
especially the way my wife and I did.
Cruise ship with all the fancy amenities and dress ... read more
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Rated a Somewhat Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jan 24, 2000
Pros: Beautiful scenery
Cons: None
Summary: Alaska is America's last frontier. It has the most pristine land out of all the other states. When I went to Alaska, my family rented an RV and we drove all over the place. Do some research on Alaska before you go so that you know a little about the ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jan 22, 2000
Pros: Cultures and beauties beyond words
Cons: Never enough time to see it all
Summary: I wake up everyday to a land that shares it's beauty to all who will take the time too see. I have had the privilege to gaze upon views that many can only dream of. Alaska is both a beautiful and rustic place, where one only has to open their eyes to ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jan 17, 2000
Pros: Everything & no Snakes or Poisonous Insects!
Cons: Nothing
Summary: I feel I have an interest in writing about the Great State of Alaska. You see, I lived there for approximately 23 years, so it's a big part of me. In fact, I still consider it my home to this day, and am in the process of making plans, saving money, ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jan 17, 2000
Pros: World-class adventure
Cons: None
Summary: Alaska is as diverse a state as there could ever possibly be. I have traveled there twice in the last two years, with each trip being quite different.
If you would like to explore and fish the southeast coast of Alaska, and do so from a luxury ... read more
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jan 15, 2000
Pros: sooo much to see
Cons: costly
Summary: When I visited Alaska I was awed by the vast, beautiful wilderness, majestic snow-capped mountains, deep blue streams, abundant wildlife and mammoth glaciers.
One of the highlights of my trip was seeing a nearly 100-foot glacier caved in ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jan 3, 2000
Pros: Scenery, whales
Cons: Utilitarian accommodations, terrible food choices, no shore leaves, parking garage doubles as litter box, boring
Summary: In Summer 1997, my wife and I drove from San Francisco to Anchorage. On the return segment, we drove from Anchorage to Haines and then put our car on the Alaska Marine Highway ferry and cruised to Bellingham, WA. It was about a 3 1/2 day trip. ... read more
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jan 1, 2000
Pros: you name it
Cons: you have to LOVE adventure
Summary: We moved to rural Alaska almost 5 years ago. Our children are in an elementary school of less than 50 students. We moved here to provide our children with the purest form of education possible. They are learning about the unspoiled world in which we ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Dec 26, 1999
Pros: Fascinating look at a completely different way of life
Cons: Weather, food, frontier mentality, booze
Summary: In August 1997, my wife and I drove from San Francisco to Anchorage via the Alaska Highway. As if visiting such remote places as Kitwanga BC and Watson Lake, Yukon wasn't exotic enough, we decided to take a 2 day "trek" from Anchorage to go ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Dec 17, 1999
Pros: See lots of Alaska this way
Cons: There's a lot of driving!
Summary: Itinerary:
Day One: Anchorage/Palmer
Day Two: Hatcher's Pass/Talkeetna
Day Three: Talkeetna, Denali State Park
Day Four/Five: Denali National Park
Day Six: Nenana/Fairbanks
Day Seven/Eight: Manley Hot Springs
Day ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Dec 5, 1999
Pros: Gorgeous Scenery, The Best Fishing in the World
Cons: You may have to :: Gasp :: relax
Summary: After traveling all over Alaska, I've acquired a couple of favorite places. The top two are Glacier Bay (Gustavous) and Huna (a small Indian village with unbelievable fishing.)
I'm an angler at heart, but there are so many amazing things in ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Nov 22, 1999
Pros: Peaceful, beautiful and remote
Cons: Requires self reliance and wilderness skills although water is FW1 all the way.
Summary: On July 29, 1999, I put my canoe in the water and turned 50 gliding down the Yukon river. I flew into Fairbanks on the 28th and caught a bush taxi to Eagle on the morning of the 29th. The flight was excellent, with each new valley more spectacular than ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Nov 15, 1999
Pros: Princess Offers Excellent Lodges, Train & Food In Their Restaurants
Cons: Prices Are High
Summary: In early September of 1998 I travelled by land from Fairbanks to Denali and then on to Anchorage. It was a 5 night land tour escorted and packaged by Princess Tours (aka Princess Cruises).
I can not say enough about the weather we received on ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Nov 10, 1999
Pros: Scenery, Mountains are HUGE
Cons: Expensive, longer drive from Anchorage
Summary: This is one of the most beautiful places on earth. Homer is about 250 south of Anchorage. You will drive down through the Kenai Peninsula, past Soldotna (I wrote a review on Kenai Peninsula please see that for info on this area, it's where I live) and ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Nov 10, 1999
Pros: Wildlife cruises, laid-back attitude
Cons: weather
Summary: Seward is a small fishing town only 3 hrs away from Anchorage. Not only do you get to see the ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL drive from Anchorage around Turnagain Arm, but you go past Exit Glacier - which is breathtaking if you have never seen a real glacier ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Nov 9, 1999
Pros: Scenery, fishing, wildlife, 20 hour daylight in summer
Cons: Expensive to get here, expensive to stay here
Summary: Soldotna/Kenai area of Alaska, 175 miles south of Anchorage is the best to truly experience Alaska. It is a group of smaller cities, each having its own flavor, but nothing near the size of Anchorage. There are plenty of little hole-in-the-wall (you ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Oct 19, 1999
Pros: Totem poles
Cons: Stay away when the cruise ships are there
Summary: Ketchikan, known as the "first city in Alaska" will give you a taste of the best of Alaska. It offers tourist attractions, shopping, fjords and, of course, native American culture.
TOTEM BIGHT: This is a great park and a must see, ... read more
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