I wasn't aware of a crash. I see something happened on New Year's Eve and it re-opened Feb. 9.

Among all of the things we did, that was well down on the list - it was the day we were returning from Seward to catch an evening red-eye and were filling our time.

It's a small detour, and worth an hour or two if you have time, but nowhere near a must-see. I had forgotten the prices - we probably didn't see them until we were there, at which point we figured we might as well continue. The view/hike/experience isn't worth $60 for a family of 4.

I'm not at all familiar with the float planes.