Originally Posted by
tentseller
Back in 2007/8 they were selling room on the morning of departure for Alaska cruise in May and late Sept from Vancouver.
We scored one by lining up at one of these Cruise clearance TA Sat morning while visiting the west coast. Line up, buy and head to pier with bags. The total for two was around $620 ai before gratuities.
And that was a year when Alaska was notoriously over saturated with cruise berths. 2008/9 were the years that broke the back of the Alaska legislature when the cruise lines said "if we don't start getting some breaks we are pulling ships out." and they did.