Disney Cruise Alaska Review: Day 4 – Skagway, Alaska

July 31, 2019
Welcome to my special Wednesday post about our Disney Cruise experience. 
Today, I will write about our experience in our first port of call: Skagway Alaska.
LOST AND FOUND

Before I go on to talk about Skagway, I want to mention the Disney Wonder’s lost and found.
My son is nine, and a little absent-minded. During our trip, he lost a bunch of things. He lost his Key to the World twice (and they gave him a new one each time), he lost his cellphone, his jacket, his hat… even his bear! All the time, we would send him to guest services and voila! There they were. We tried to tell him he shouldn’t rely on the lost and found for everything, but he didn’t seem to pay much attention, anyway. The lost and found ladies got to know him pretty well during his daily visits there!
On our first trip there, I reported that our shower knob wasn’t working properly. They went to check it out and it was fixed in a few hours. They are really fast! They also left us a gift and a card apologizing for the inconvenience.
Cider, popcorn and rice crispy treats for the inconvenience of a malfunction in the shower.
(The Mickey cap is ours, not a gift, LOL)
SKAGWAY

I must confess Skagway, Alaska was my least favorite port of call.
First of all, it was super windy and cold. Well, actually, that was about it, LOL. 
We booked the White Pass train ride only. It was fun. We crossed over to Canada for a few feet and then back to the US in a matter of minutes, so we didn’t need our passport. 
This was our first excursion out of the boat and our ticket said to meet outside the Walt Disney Theater. So we did. There was a line for the 8:30 a.m. excursions, we signed in with our Key to the World and ticket and were given a sticker (Chip and Dale for us), then we sat down in separate rows (by character) in the theater. The crew then holds signs with each character and they call each group one by one.
You are required to bring an ID (like your driver’s license) if you are over 18 years of age. If your port adventure requires a passport, then they will let you know. If you don’t know, then you can always visit the Port Adventures desk on Deck 3. Like all Disney Cruise crew members they are super friendly and helpful there, I can tell you from experience.
We got off the ship by checking out with our Key to the World. We followed our guide until we got to the train. There, they told us to board only on the wagons with the steps pulled down. We did.
The train was comfortable, clean and with crates of bottled water for the taking. You weren’t allowed to bring food on the train, but I thought it was a nice touch to have the water handy because it was cold and windy, which made for dry air and we were thirsty pretty soon.

The train.

Great views!

We went over a few bridges and tunnels.

We could go outside with the train still moving to get air and a better view.

There was ice in many places.





LUNCH

The ride lasted less than two hours. When we got off the train, we were freezing. It was so windy! We went back to the ship for lunch (at Triton’s). We soon found out that Triton’s was NOT a good place for lunch. The waiters weren’t as friendly as our regular afternoon waiters (two nice ladies from St. Lucia and Thailand). One other thing we discovered was that Triton’s was terrible at cooking fish. We made that mistake and regretted it. After this day, no one ever ordered fish at Triton’s.

We stayed in the boat for the rest of the day and took a long nap.

SHOW AND DINNER

The show that day was the movie Aladdin.

We had seen the movie before and had loved it. It was a great excuse to see it again at the theater. My mom hadn’t seen it and she loved it so much she went to see it again two days later. My kids saw it a total of four times! Once at home and three during the cruise. Unbelievable.

After the movie we went to dinner in the only restaurant we were missing: The Animators Palate.


This was, by far, my favorite of the three restaurants.

Everything around you is white, except for a bunch of sketches of Disney characters on the walls and on the screens framed around you. Even the crew members are wearing clothes with the same patters. Throughout dinner, the frames show you artists sketching, then inking, and finally coloring. By the time it’s time for dessert, the finished drawings come to life.

And that’s not all! If you’ve been to Disneyland or WDW, you’d recognize the Fantasmic theme playing suddenly. Mickey as the sorcerer’s apprentice shows up and dances around with the crew members. It is amazing! It was the most fun of all.

We had another day in this restaurant on our last day and it was different, but just as special.

Animator’s Palate fills with color!

Cheers!

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