Our guide was enthusiastic, but I don’t feel the captain was as in touch with the other captains to share sighting reports. We spent more than 15 minutes watching a sleeping whale, which is as exciting as it sounds.
We then followed a mom and baby from such a distance I never saw the baby. Finally we saw a pod or 4 or 5, again from a great distance.
Our boat was 1 level. It makes a huge difference to be on a second level in order to see, which we didn’t.
Customer service and pre-trip support were excellent. The boat was clean and well cared for.
3 days later in Ketchikan, fellow travelers saw bubble feeding. So did I in 2018 in Juneau. I know we were lucky, but I was still disappointed.