Canadian Masterpiece with Alaska Cruise Reviews

June and I thoroughly enjoyed our journey. The Rocky Mountaineer was great even in Silver Leaf...staff were terrific and food...tooooo much but lovely. The hotels may not have been 5 star but clean, excellent mattresses and best of all...a hot shower at every venue. Our Tour director, Gamael and our driver Jon were great. Some times our stays at places ...read more were short and some times the starts were a bit early, but what we received in return was well worth it. Scenery everywhere was picture postcard. A very thorough tour showcasing the Rocky Mountains

The cruise on the Volendam was fantastic...Again staff and food very very good. Had a minor hiccup with my onboard billing but will hopefully sort it out soon. Again the scenery on the cruise was fantastic. Glacier Bay, watching and hearing a glacier calving, once in a lifetime opportunity. Some of the shore excursions were quite expensive booking from the ship as we found the same ones at the destination almost half price. If you do the Rocky Mountaineer..don't eat for at least three days before hand...lol.

This was the first of 3 tours we (myself, my husband, and another couple) joined - 2 with Cosmos and 1 with Globus. All were fantastic. Budget was a consideration for us, but by booking early and eligible for some discounts, we were able to stretch the budget to be away for almost 7 weeks and we didn't miss out on doing anything! We prepaid as much ...read more as possible, so only needed to pay for food/optional tours/spending whilst on the tours. I chose Cosmos as it allowed enough free time within the tours to do our own thing and seemed to offer much the same as more expensive tours.

We took advantage of the optional tours that included a meal (always fun outings); and enjoyed the opportunity to find our own eating places (all taken into consideration as part of our budget). We chose the Silverleaf class on Rocky Mountaineer, but upgraded to outside cabin instead (good decision).

Tour Director Gemmel was delightful and informative, always making sure we were given enough information without boring everyone. Jon our driver - fantastic! Exceptionally careful driver, always well groomed and coach kept immaculate. Pace was good, and we found accommodation very good. It was also great that after 2 weeks together on the coach, it was lovely to join the Alaskan cruise and travel with 40 new friends, We were lucky weatherwise as we had no rain except for a light shower in Juneau (and the good weather followed us for the entire 7 weeks!!) My thanks to Hannah at Global Journeys as she was very efficient and quick to respond to any of my queries. Highly recommended!

Had a lovely time on holiday travelling with a great group of people by coach through Canada and cruised Alaska by ship along the Inside Passage. Found the Canadians so welcoming and friendly wherever we went. Travelled in July which was their summer so we were lucky to have good weather for our trip. Loved the time on board the ship with no problems ...read more having an inside cabin. It was a relaxing time with good entertainment, great food and wine. Would not hesitate in recommending it as an enjoyable scenic holiday to anyone.

One of the best holidays we had. Awesome experience, the rocky mountaineer was fabulous and the road trip was very well planned and managed. The tour director was very knowledgeable and very organised. The cruise was fantastic and the sailing through the inner passage is very beautiful. The views of Glacier Bay was unreal and a must see. Totally recommend ...read more this tour, worth every cent. Last but not the least, Georgie our contact in Global journeys is a star. She was always very prompt in responding to our queries and had the patience to take us through the entire process.

So pleased that we decided on this tour through Global Journeys at Noosa with Madeline Lewis as our travel consultant. Excellent service and assistance from Madeline from start to long after the finish. The tour was really great - visiting Vancouver when it was their national anniversary year with lots of celebrations to enjoy followed by the Rocky ...read more Mountaineer up to Banff plus fabulous coach trip back along another route. Then the cruise up into Alaska was a fantastic experience and we were so happy with everything. Will visit Canada again with Cosmos to do the Eastern half next... Our tour coach driver and guide were excellent throughout and so well organised.

Well organised tour director but she was not able to say anything about Holland America tour and extra options. So, how to know about Holland America extra options? For example we paid US$250 for 'Tracy Arm Fjord & Glacier' extra option to witness falling of icebergs in Sawyer Glacier. But on the fourth day, the ship itself was taking us to Glacier ...read more Bay which is bigger and better and much more exciting.

This is a great value for money tour. We booked the Gold Leaf Rocky Mountaineer and it is worth the money paid for the service on the train and the accommodation in Kamloops. The views from the train is just majestic. Those towns like Banff, Sun Peaks , Jasper Whistler and Lake Louise are equally scenic and beautiful.

The accommodation in Banff which ...read more is Bow Lodge is a bit dated compared to the other accommodation that we have.The tour director and bus driver is okay. We make some good friends on the tour and it helped to make our holiday enjoyable.

From the very beginning our guide Ken made me feel welcome and gave a handy hints guide on how to get along in Canada with the tipping and the local customs and made sure you were having the experience you wanted. Ken also steered you in the right direction for the perfect dinner or the supermarket.

Ken made sure you were being looked after and had ...read more that wonderful photo opportunity as well as experiencing the breath taking scenery that Canada has to offer. Ken as our COSMOS guide felt like a personal guide.

As for the scenery I was able to tick of 3 bucket list items and touring at the beginning of the tourist season, allowed me to see the raging rivers, lush landscape, ice capped lakes not yet melted from Spring or the bare Rocky Mountains. You saw it all.

This tour had everything and touring solo, I never felt alone as everyone was friendly and had the same goal of having a holiday experience of a life time. I would love to do this tour again, and have recommended Cosmos to my friends, like Cosmos was recommended to me. The only thing to let this tour down was two of the accommodations, one is being refurnished so will be better in the future, the other the lift was painfully slow.

The trip on the whole was definitely worth the money. The scenery was spectacular and I suspect we went at the right time of year. The snow still on the mountains, the ice half melted, not particularly cold and the sky as blue as you could wish for.The guides on various parts of the tour all said the weather was as good as they have seen it, so we felt ...read more very privileged.

The only thing to be aware of is that there are a number of one night stays and early starts so can be a bit tiring. However doing the train / coach first means that there is plenty of time to relax on the ship. Yvonne at Global Journeys made all the booking process easy and trouble free, even though I live on the opposite side of the country.

We had a fabulous time. Our tour director Vedrana, was amazing. She was so informative and knowledgeable about everything we saw. The weather was brilliant, which made all our photos look like postcards. The Rocky mountaineer (Silver Leaf) was fantastic. The girls, Bec, Alex and Hannah, really looked after us. The food and drinks just kept coming. Our ...read more first day in Banff was picture perfect so we went up on the gondola because Vedrana said the weather wasn't going to be very good the next day (which was the day we were supposed to do the gondola), well the 2nd day in Banff snowed, and we were grateful of 2 things, one that we went up on the gondola the previous day, and two, that we saw it snow. We loved it.

My husband and I have just arrived back from a 19 day Canadian and Alaskan Masterpiece Cosmos tour. We had a fantastic time, met great people and saw some fantastic places. We could not fault Cosmos, everything was excellent our tour guide Brad and coach driver John were very informative about all the places we visited and very helpful on things to ...read more do and see in our free time. All the accommodation was very good. The 2 days on the Rocky Mountaineer were excellent and we would highly recommend Cosmos. If there was anything that we would suggest to improve this tour is to maybe add an extra few days so that you could spend an extra night in a couple of the places that you don't get a chance to see because you arrive late and leave early the next day.

Great coach driver and Sybill was an excellent tour guide/host. British Columbia, Canada is so beautiful but if we do it again we would book for 21 days (not 19 days as it's not long enough). For the Rocky Mountaineer , I would recommend others travel to upgrade to Gold ticket, it is worth the money paying extra. The Alaskan cruise was good and relaxing, ...read more the water was very calm for 1st time cruisers and are now looking at European river cruises next year.

After (between the lines) been told by Hell world not to go with Cosmos, I decided to compare APT and Cosmos/Globus, saved myself a lot of money for basically the same tour. I have no regrets, trip was fantastic. Canada is a beautiful country. Tour guide Elaine and driver Rob were excellent in their jobs, very caring and concerned for the whole group. ...read more Rocky mountaineer blew my mind, Goldleaf definitely the way to go. Alaska cruise, couldn't fault it, my friends and I had the time of our lives. I have no hesitation to recommend Cosmos and willing and able I will book a tour again with Global Journeys.

The trip was much more exciting than I imagined it would be. The scenery and wild life was amazing and there was enough free time to do your own thing. Sharon, our tour guide was informative, had a sense of humour and worked extremely hard. The cruise was enjoyable although the extra excursions were very expensive and not very exciting. It was difficult ...read more organising expenses when meals were not included. I don't usually comment on airlines as I think they have a difficult job and most airlines are much the same but Air Canada was not good. The service was disorganised and the stewards were very abrupt. The food was ghastly.

Our tour director Mark was passionate about showing visitors his Canada. He gave us good advice about optional excursions and what to do in our "spare" time while on tour. He also gave us good advice about post tour possibilities.
Accommodation was overall very good. The coach driver, Peter, was also very good and always helpful. The Rocky Mountaineer ...read more Silverleaf exceeded our expectations. The hosts were attentive and entertaining. Unfortunately, our experience on the Volendam did not meet our expectations when compared to other cruise lines. The itinerary for cruising the Inside Passage was good. Glacier Bay was awesome. We liked Canada and have already booked another Cosmos tour for the East coast in September.

The coach tour guide was disappointing, short on information and had to be asked for it. Optional Excursions offered were good but unfortunately for variety of reasons 3 out of 4 were cancelled on us. The Coach driver was excellent as was the Train guide/chef. Holland America seems to have dropped it's standards and were not up to our last cruise with ...read more them in 2011. Paying for water and coffee seemed a bit over the top as was the cost of WIFI connection. Had already made a tentative booking with them for next year which we are reviewing. Having said that, and despite a few negatives we enjoyed every minute of our holiday. Thank you for all of your help Emily.

Excellent package especially the cruise. Enjoyed the Rocky Mountaineer, beautiful scenery. The coach part of the tour was good but only having one night stops tended to be rushed as we arrived around 5.00pm and departed around 08.00am so not seeing much of the town. The two nights we had at Banff and Victoria gave us a whole day to sightsee which was ...read more excellent. Overall very enjoyable.

One of the best tour holidays we have ever experienced. Both the tour guide, Jana and coach driver, John were thoroughly professional, helpful and really gave all of us on the tour the utmost attention. Both were eager to provide excellent background history on places visited and their input made the tour that much more enjoyable. We would both do ...read more this trip again if there was a guarantee of both these people being available. The only minor issue related to the tour pace and it is mentioned more as a suggestion for improvement rather than criticism. Most people we spoke to on the tour agreed that it would have been far more relaxing if the coach tour part of the journey could have included say two night stops at each location to allow for more exploring and relaxation at each stop. Most people we spoke to would be happy to pay any additional costs.

We had a great holiday and everything went as planned. Just a couple of points we would like to make - the coach was not equipped with WiFi or a toilet. I think both are essential. Secondly no breakfast included in most hotels.

The holiday was very exciting and well run. We would totally recommend it and nearly all the accommodation was extremely good and of a very high standard. Our tour director and tour guides were very competent and knowledgeable and our driver was very careful and calm. The Volendam was comfortable and the food was good .We really feel that this holiday ...read more offered a wonderful experience at an affordable rate.