What a wonderful excursion. First of all we were greeted with a sunny day, a little chilly, but sunny. The scenery was magnificent, stunning...all of the above. Saw a few otters, bald eagles, a mountain goat , but the attraction was of course the whales and we were not disappointed. When the captain turned off the engines and we were surrounded by the whales it was so cool...............Beautiful. If you get to Seward spend the hundred bucks and take in the scenery. It was our final day after spending 10 days in Alaska( No we were not on a tacky cruise ship) and it was a great finale.