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The Blue Bus Glacier Express Is a fully narrated trip to the Mendenhall Glacier

The Blue Bus Glacier Express Is a fully narrated trip to the Mendenhall Glacier

Overview

“The Blue Bus“ is a no frills direct express trip to the Mendenhall Glacier. The knowledgeable guides will narrate about historic Juneau, gold mining and wildlife on your drive to and from the Glacier. You choose when you want to go and you choose when you want to come back. We call that the Anytime Express. It allows you to stay an hour or eight hours if you choose to do so and take advantage of the trails, visitor Center, and wildlife viewing to the fullest extent.

Blue Bus runs to and from the Glacier every 30 minutes on all ship days.

City: Juneau

Sat 11 Jan

Other dates

You can choose the date already on the booking website

Starting at $45.00

Make a reservation

Sat 11 Jan

Starting at $45.00

Make a reservation

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What's Included

All Fees and Taxes

Additional Info

Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
Service animals allowed
Public transportation options are available nearby
Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Face masks required for travellers in public areas
Face masks required for guides in public areas
Hand sanitiser available to travellers and staff
Regularly sanitised high-traffic areas
Gear/equipment sanitised between use
Transportation vehicles regularly sanitised
Guides required to regularly wash hands
Face mask are required to be worn by all guest and crew when on the bus due to DOT regulations.

What To Expect

Mendenhall Glacier

Our knowledgeable guide will narrate on the drive to the Mendenhall glacier. You’ll hear stories of Historic Downtown Juneau and the mining days. Learn of our black bears whales and bald eagles. The blue bus glacier express runs every 30 minutes most days from the Mount Roberts tramway parking lot to the glacier. Some days it is every hour. Please check the last return with your driver. While at the glacier be sure to visit the glacier visitor Center building and Gift Shop. See the film about the glaciers and how they are formed. The national forest service imposes a five dollar fee for entry into the visitor center but that fee is included in the cost of your tour. Don’t miss nugget falls. One of the most fabulous sites of nature near Juneau. When returning to downtown remember “The Blue Bus” picks up right where It dropped you off at and that is at the “Bear stop“

Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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Reviews (101)

Amy_H

Jun 2022

Both drivers we had were exceptional and really enhanced the trip. Couldn't have been friendlier, thank you!

Elmer_M

Jun 2022

The Glacier and the 3 bears were great and the drivers were very informative . Thank you! For the professional way the guides were

Lola_M

May 2022

The Glacier Express bus was a disaster from start to finish. When we got off the ship, we looked for someone to give us some instruction. There were so many people holding signs but none for the Glacier Express. So we stood in a long ticket line just so we could find out where we were supposed to go. Finally, we were told to go two sections over and look for someone with an orange hat. We found one guy who just pointed at another guy and said ask him. So we asked the other guy and he basically didn't know anything. Finally we saw a bunch of people standing in line by the curb and we asked them and they told us it was the correct line. After standing and waiting for nearly a half hour, a bus drove up. A guy in an orange hat shouts "Mendenhall Visitor's Center" and a huge group of people rushed the bus. We who had been waiting in line from the beginning, we not allowed on the bus because they wanted to keep a "tour" together and there was no more room. Several customers were irate, but instead of apologizing to them, they started blaming each other until one lady pinned the main guy down and he couldn't deny that he had excluded us. Then he started with "we have 5000 tourists a day we have to try to deal with." It seems to me that if you deal with 5000 tourists a day, you would be ready and organized and have some kind of system to deal with them. A few orange cones and some directions would have been all it took to make sure people boarded the bus in order. They finally sent for another bus and we went off to the glacier. On the way back, the bus comes "every half hour" but what they don't tell you is the bus only seats 40 people and that there are at least 60 or more people waiting to get on, so your wait is at least an hour. We were able to get on the bus, but there were no more seats, so we had to stand in the aisle of the bus for the entire trip back to the pier. Also, there was no "narrated tour", just a guy telling really dumb jokes. This tour bus is horribly mis-advertised. I believe we deserve a refund. Completely ruined our day in Juneau.