After 4 Alaska Cruises, THIS Still Caught Us Off Guard
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We went the last week of April, first week of May, saved several hundred dollars per person on the cabin by going that early in the season.
We still had pretty good whale watching. Uh we saw four humpbacks. We saw eight orcas. It was actually a pretty good day.
I think this is atypical for what you see this time of year, but we're very lucky.
I would not recommend a first-time cruiser goes early. A first-time cruiser needs to go sometime in July or August.
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