Name: Mt. Mckinley Princess Wilderness Lodge
Address: Mile 133 George Parks Hwy, Trapper Creek, US, 99683, Trapper Creek, Trapper Creek, Trapper Creek, 99683, United States of America
Rating: 8

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We went here for one night as part of a Princess Cruise and Land Tour. Very nice large lodge  in the Alaska Wilderness. We ate at the 20320 Restaurant and our waiter was friendly and the food was good. The rooms were comfortable and clean. We took a horse drawn covered Wagon ride with D & S wagon rides and really enjoyed it. Steve and his wife were so friendly and nice. Loved the smores, reindeer and panning for gold.  We also saw a show at the lodge theatre showing a collection of panoramic photos of the northern lights taken over a persons lifetime. Fantastic!  We also saw  a Park Ranger talk about bears. Very informational. Beautiful scenery and grounds. We really enjoyed our stay here.

Great Lodge in the Wilderness

So many little details make this a great place to stay. Everyone is verily helpful. The bathrooms have their own heater in addition to the rooms heater. The rooms are in long cabin style buildings all on 1st floor. They have a resort shuttle so you don’t have to walk anywhere. The lodge is the place to go. Big warm fire place people playing cards, doing puzzles, reading all in the view of McKinley. There is a large back porch with chairs lined up to just sit and stare at the range. Lots of little rooms and nooks to snuggle in and just play on your phone. We went late and the restraint was out of a few things but what we got was good. We went to listen to the naturalist and climbers talk they were good. The aurora borealis show wasn’t. It needs updating. We sat with folks by one of the fire pits and made s’mores.
The rooms are very clean- they look new inside and the beds were comfy. There are a number of trails around the resort. 
I can’t think of anything they can do to improve. 

Great experience all around

Beautiful, scenic facilities. Clean, comfortable. Restaurants on site. Food was good. Service was good. Flowers everywhere. Free shuttle service is available to navigate through out the property. Rustic feel, but modern, clean resort. Very remote

Short visit 

This lodge is quite spread out. We were in Lodge 23 which was a few minutes walk from the main lodge. The rooms were cosy and rustic looking. Comfortable beds and space to move. The lobby was huge and full of people chatting, playing cards, using the wifi which is not available in the rooms. Our lodge had a laundry, ice machine and drink dispenser.
There are a few trails around the lodge and talks and walks organised by naturalists right through out the day.

Lots to do

We enjoyed our stay at McKinley Lodge other than the rain.  It rained almost the entire time. Mt. McKinley/Denali wasn't visible the entire time as it was cloud covered.  We did enjoy the aurora borealis show that they have in the theater. That worked out great because we didn't get the see the aurora borealis when we were in Fairbanks due to rain.  We had a great time playing cards with our friends in the guest services building.

Great resort...if it doesn't rain the entire time!

I enjoyed our stay here, nice comfortable room with setting area. Not many things to do here but walk around and enjoy nature which was actually alright. The restaurants on property were ok, 20320 was ok but at that time they were understaffed and were out of about half the menu items. The Bar and Grill was ok at best understaffed ,slow service out of many items and our food arrived cold . 

Comfortable Lodging , Restaurants lacking .......

Mt. Mckinley Princess Wilderness Lodge:
We rode the Princess train from Denali (about 5hr ride) to Talkeetna - had a great tour guide/bar & food service). Train is a double-decker, all reserve seats on 2nd level with glass roof. Restroom & dining seating with tables on first level. Also, small outside platform area between railcars for fresh air. Great scenic views & extremely comfortable, roomy seats - way beyond our expectations.  Best train ride ever.
Arrived at Talkeetna - the tourist section is a very quaint, small, one street (shopping/dining options) portion of this nice, rural town.
You will need to get on the Princess bus to get to Mt. McKinley Wilderness Lodge (about 1hr. ride). There is a shuttle service from the Lodge to Talkeentna & back, but there is a fare charge, so best to do any shopping when you first arrive there.
When you arrive in Talkeetna, you are again given your prepared Princess envelop with itinerary, meal vouchers, excursion info, room keys (again our room is already pre-checked), necessary luggage forwarding tags & info for any required precruise Covid testing instructions. I will again emphasize that Princess simply amazes us with their planning & packaging of our hotel, tours, meals & other necessary information down to a logistical science. Extremely impressive! & we experienced absolutely no glitches in Princess's planning & efficiency for our 14-day landtours, excursions & cruise assignments, meals & transfer vouchers & service. 
The Mt. McKinley WL looks very nice (both outside & inside). A great looking Lodge lobby & large front desk with good, helpful staffing. This large lodge complex is sprawling with multiple wooden buildings. Our lodge room was in a separate building with one main internal hallway and about 9-10 rooms.This lodge resort is located in a remote mountain area with no nearby shops/eateries that we knew about. On site, there are several dining restaurants with great menus.
Out of the 3 Princess Lodges that we stayed at, for us this MMWL was the best. Too bad our stay here was the shortest time of the three - arrived late afternoon & departed early next morning, so my memory of this facility & room details is somewhat faulty. Plus the weather was dark, rainy and we didn't have a chance to see much of the lodge grounds. But despite these limitations, if we could do this landtour portion again, we would definitely spend more time at this lodge vs. the earlier two (FPRL & DPWL). 
Again we were amazed with how many land tour Princess travelers were present as the main Lodge lobby & restaurants was very crowded. It required multiple buses to transport this very large contingency of travelers (many with the different landtour packages) from Mt.McKinley WL to the Whittier pier (about a 6hr. bus ride via Anchorage) where we would board our cruiseship.

Great Princess Wilderness Lodge

Building we stayed in was not up to Princess standards, walls dirty and damaged, laundry facilities not working. When we got to our room after we were told it was ready, we find dirty bath water still standing in the tub, we had to search 3 other buildings for working, uncrowded laundry, there is no "constant" in their laundry pay system. Different hotels have different systems from the cruise ships, apps, tokens, change 

Disappointed in the Mt McKinley Princess lodge 

This lodge is in a beautiful location. They do not have capacity to feed all of the guests onsite.   We experienced at leat a 45 minute wait to get seated for each meal.  Once seated things moved very slowly.  Don't be surprised to find out they have run out of several menu choices. Once the food arrived it wasn't that great for the price or wait.  The line for the coffee shop in the mornings was out the door and moved  very slowly.  Then they were also out of several selections.  The lodge doesn't have complimentary coffee either. The staff here seemed unconcerned about the problems. (guessing they can't hire enough help to meet the need)
  There isn't a lot to do at this lodge but it's a good thing since your days will be consumed waiting to eat.   They do have some ranger led talks and short nature hikes which are informative and enjoyable.  Josh and Kale are very good.  There is also tree house to visit. A tiny gift shop is available.
The room was pretty decent but noisy.  It sounded like a group of gymnast were working out above us through the night.  When someone near us showered it sounded like they were using ours!  WiFi is supposed to be available at the main lodge and the
20320 but very diilfficult to hook up and expect to be dropped frequently. This is NOT what we were expecting from Princess.

Eating here is a concern

We arrived and our room was not ready for 4 hours.  No elevators.  We were not told of this as I  have a leg and back injury.  Our room had to be changed.   Carpets really need to be be cleaned they are filthy.  The guest service area was crowded. At times it seems as the hotel was not very organized.  The guest services person we met was Anjanette.  She was so kind and professional.  She provided excellent customer service despite other set backs at that resort.  I will leave her separate review.  If it was not for her I would have a left a one star review with Holland America.  Majority of guests are 60 to 80 years old and did not do much.  It seemed like a retirement home.  Everything is very pricey and for what they charge needs to be updated.  I have been on Carnival and Royal Carib

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