Anchorage: Choosing Your Holland America Cruise Add-On Hotel

Name: Anchorage: Choosing Your Holland America Cruise Add-On Hotel
Uploaded: 2024-09-04T00:00:00+00:00
Duration: 3 min 8 s
Channel: Dave Goes Places
Description: When we cruised from Vancouver to Alaska with Holland America in 2024, we chose the "cruise tour" that involved visiting Denali and then returning to Anchorage on the McKinley Explorer Scenic Railway. We needed a hotel for the last two nights. The choices were the Westmark or the Captain Cook. Maybe yours will be, too. I hope this gives you a little information about both.

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What This Creator Said

2 Happy Bacon

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Alaska · SummerFrom VancouverVeteran Cruiser

Source: Our analysis of the creator's lived experience, based on what they said in this video.

Creator's Key Takeaways

we sailed to Alaska on Holland America's New Amsterdam in August of 2024

overall we had a clean comfortable and convenient Hotel

the Captain Cook hotel was so much nicer than the West mark

choose by budget after all don't we really just want someone else to carry our luggage

Creator's Tips & Advice

✓Choose hotel based on budget and convenience

✓Consider the Captain Cook for better amenities if budget allows

✓Use Holland America's lodging arrangement for ease of transport

Questions This Creator Answers

QWhat are the differences between the Westmark and Captain Cook hotels in Anchorage?

QWhich hotel is better for a Holland America cruise tour?

Topics Covered

Excursions2½ Happy BaconPort Destination2½ Happy Bacon

Port Highlights

Anchorage2 Happy Bacon

Vancouver2½ Happy Bacon

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YouTube Video Description↓

When we cruised from Vancouver to Alaska with Holland America in 2024, we chose the "cruise tour" that involved visiting Denali and then returning to Anchorage on the McKinley Explorer Scenic Railway. We needed a hotel for the last two nights. The choices were the Westmark or the Captain Cook. Maybe yours will be, too. I hope this gives you a little information about both.