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CLA Alaska's 2026 schedule berths Ovation of the Seas at Skagway's Ore Dock 07:00-20:00 on Sep 14, 2026 — a flat ~8-minute walk to Broadway (Carnival Luminosa at Broadway Dock, Voyager of the Seas at Railroad Dock that day).
Serenade of the Seas is scheduled in Skagway 07:00-17:00 on Sep 24, 2026 (Sep 20 Vancouver round-trip).
The official booking receipt confirms Ovation of the Seas in Skagway 7:00 AM-8:00 PM on Sep 14, 2026 — matching the CLAA berth sheet exactly.
Ovation of the Seas is scheduled in Skagway 07:00-20:00 on Sep 14, 2026 (Sep 11 southbound Seward-Vancouver sailing).
Skagway's tourism season runs May through October, winding down through September as the fleet repositions south.
Skagway's Broadway retains false-front shops and wooden sidewalks from the 1897-98 Klondike Gold Rush boomtown era.
Skagway sits at the northernmost point of the Inside Passage, roughly 500 route miles north of Ketchikan at its southern entrance.
Skagway Brewing Co's flagship Spruce Tip Blonde Ale is brewed with hand-picked Tongass National Forest spruce tips — the brewpub at 204 4th Ave runs 10am-9pm daily in ship season and stays open beyond it.
Six blocks of downtown Skagway form a National Historic District where Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park preserves more than 20 gold-rush-era buildings.
The 33-mile Chilkoot Trail — the stampeders' route of 1897-98 — takes hikers three to five days and is preserved within Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park.
Skagway's Railroad Dock has been closed to pedestrians since the 2022 rockslides — ships berthing there offload by shuttle or water taxi, with slope monitoring and mitigation studies running through 2027.
Skagway has roughly 800-900 year-round residents but receives more than one million cruise visitors per season — up to five ships and 8,000 visitors on the busiest days.
Skagway became Alaska's first incorporated first-class city on June 28, 1900.
Free ranger-led Historic District walks at Klondike Gold Rush NHP run daily at 9, 10, 11 am, 2 and 3 pm from early May to late September — capped at 30 people with free same-morning tickets at the visitor center, often gone by 10 am.
Woadie's South East Seafood posts a 2026 season of May 5-September 25 at 4th & State — golden king crab $95/lb, halibut fish & chips $29, Dungeness bisque $15, sourced from Southeast Alaska's oldest cannery.
Home to the White Pass & Yukon Route Railway - one of the most iconic cruise excursions in Alaska