Park & Cruise Hotels at Port of Whittier, Alaska
Every hotel on this page includes free parking for the length of your cruise plus a shuttle to the terminal, bundled into one rate — book a night here and skip paying for parking at the port directly.
- Tunnel toll: ~$13 one-way through the Anton Anderson Memorial Tunnel to enter Whittier
- Parking in Whittier: Limited; confirm with any accommodation or storage facility before arriving
- Most practical approach: Stay in Anchorage, leave the car at a hotel with extended parking, take a shuttle or rental to Whittier on sailing day
- One-way itinerary? Drive to Whittier, sail to Vancouver or Seattle, arrange return to Anchorage via shuttle or Alaska Railroad — well-established logistics
- Tunnel tip: The Anton Anderson Tunnel operates on a schedule with alternating directions — check dot.alaska.gov before travel to avoid delays
Given Whittier's extremely limited parking and the one-lane tunnel access, most cruisers headed here skip driving altogether in favor of the train or a shuttle from Anchorage rather than a park-and-cruise hotel package.
Rather than a hotel park-and-cruise package, the standard move here is parking in Anchorage and booking an organized transfer — the Alaska Railroad's cruise-chartered morning train (around a 6:45am Anchorage departure, arriving in Whittier around 11am) or the ACT Big Bus, both timed to cruise departures.