Kenai Fjords or Prince William Sound? (Seward, Fox: trip , job, sick)

[PNWhike]

Greetings, I am thrilled to say that I will be coming to visit Alaska in May. With the short time I have before I start my job at Denali, I want to go on a day cruise. I wish I could visit both Kenai Fjords and Prince William Sound but may only have time for one. Have any of you ever been to either one? I am asking if you had to choose between a boat trip to Kenai Fjords via Seward, or the 28 Glacier Tour of Prince William Sound out of Whittier, which would you choose? Which would give more "bang for the bucK"? I am SOOO excited to visit your great state. Your opinions are greatly appreciated.

[Marty Van Diest]

I would opt for the Kenai Fjords...unless you really like glaciers. They are both good...or bad depending on the weather. Seems like we usually see more wildlife on the Kenai Fjords because they aren't zooming to all the glaciers. Maybe you would rather see glacers though.

You have a good chance for decent weather in May.

[Dusty Rhodes]

Have no real experience with Prince William Sound, but, did the Kenai Fjords in early May and it was an absolutely wonderful way to spend a day. Whales, seals, otters, Orca, Bears, Wolverine, Birds in astounding numbers, sea lions in astounding numbers. Got upclose and personal with things I had seen on National Geographic Channel, actually most of the time we were touring Alaska, it felt like we were in a National Geographic special. One thing about those rocks you've seen on National Geographic, the ones with the hundreds of thousands of birds, those rocks were, well......somewhat fragrant.

[Rance]

Consider an overnighter on Fox Island with the tour the following day if you take the Seward trip. Very nice cabins on the beach. Dinner and breakfast cooked up by a true to life chef, endless skipping stones on the beach, and a pretty cool hike up the mountain behind the lodge and cabins.

[rotorhead]

If you get seasick easily, the boat out of Whittier is probably the better bet. That one is a very large (and VERY fast) catamaran with quite the smooth ride. Haven't been on the one out of Seward (though my wife has) but I've been fishing there and the seas are usually a bit rougher than what I've seen in PWS.

On a related note, I get extremely good results from Bonine (meclezine hydrochloride?) to control seasickness. I can definately still tell the boat is moving, it just doesn't bother me any more. : ) You'd think after twenty years of flying helicopters I'd have a stomach of iron, but something about the sea just gets me.