u/mlglancy02

Hello! We are currently in Anchorage boarding a cruise in Whittier tomorrow. I’ve had tickets booked with the Alaskan Railroad doing the Glacier Discovery route for months because so many websites online recommended it for transfer. However, the chat bot in the website just said that the Whittier stop is not a staffed depot and you may not be able to get your checked luggage off the train (we have two carry ons and two larger check bags). Has anyone taken the Alaskan Railroad to get to their cruise and did you have any issues with checked bags?

Hello! We are currently in Anchorage boarding a cruise in Whittier tomorrow. I’ve had tickets booked with the Alaskan Railroad doing the Glacier Discovery route for months because so many websites online recommended it for transfer. However, the chat bot in the website just said that the Whittier stop is not a staffed depot and you may not be able to get your checked luggage off the train (we have two carry ons and two larger check bags). Has anyone taken the Alaskan Railroad to get to their cruise and did you have any issues with checked bags? All the shuttles are fully booked and I’m kind of freaking out

UPDATE: The railroad was actually very good about luggage. We dropped off our bags with our cruise tags on them and they transferred it directly to the ship for us (at least for NCL). I’m not sure where their bot got that information. My biggest complaint was our train was two hours late 😭

Also, our NCL port was the newer one at Glacier Creek Terminal. NCL had buses to take us to the pier when we go off the train.