I'm back! So, we did enjoy the sled dog experience in Juneau. It was very much like the one in Skagway so I would recommend either one, really. In Skagway, we did the Yukon, railway excursion (about 6 hrs) thru Princess. It takes you by bus up into the Yukon and you stop at Caribou Crossing for lunch - yummy bbq chicken. They don't tell you ahead of time, but there are animals to feed and pet (llamas, horses, bighorn sheep,etc) as well as sled dog puppies. PLUS! If you want to (after lunch), you can opt to pay for a ride on the sleds with the huskies - not as long as a separate excursion, but you get the experience and it's cheaper than the separate excursion. The bus then takes you to the train which you ride back to Skagway. Might be a way to get 2 excursions in at one port if you have your eye on something else in Juneau.

The Yukon trip was out by bus and back by rail. Lunch included. The weather the weather was rainy the first port day (Aug 26) but very nice the last 2. If fact, we were running around in light t-shirts. We had unusually nice weather. If you go earlier in August, it would probably be better, but you never know. BTW, our sled dog excursion wasn't until 5:30pm, so in the morning we got a bus to Mendenhall Glacier & Nugget Falls. It was $47 roundtrip if you get it when you get off the ship. There's lots of excursion booths lined up on the dock, all cheaper than the cruise rate and very reliable. If you have a National Park Pass, it's $5 off too, since Mendenhall is a national park. The $47 gets you into the museum also, which is very nice.