It's a wonderful experience and a wonderful & hour train ride with delicious nachos cookies and ice…read morecream

The train ride from Anchorage to Denali National Park was great! Food was good and bar drinks were…read morealways ready when you wanted one. It was a rather long ride, but the seats were comfortable and the scenery was grand.

Stayed one night as part of our Holland American Alaskan vacation tour…read more Location is nice for entering Denali National Park and there are a number of tourist type shops and restaurants across the street. Otherwise this place is a bit lacking. All the rooms are located below a steep hill, but there is a shuttle that runs frequently to save to the climb. Room that I stayed in was pretty basic. No refrigerator or air conditioning. Also, this place severely needs more pubic bathrooms! This hotel is mostly for people on tours which in most cases leave much later than checkout time. So at times there will be large numbers of people sitting around the lobby waiting for pick ups. In the mens room there are two stalls and two urinals. Lines form to get in! Another issue was a phantom fire alarm at 1am! We had just retuned from a "midnight" ATV excursion and had just fallen asleep to be awaken to alarms. Really sucked because by the time we got back to bed it was almost 2am and we had to be up at 5:30 to catch a 7am tour of Denali. We did eat at one of the restaurants on the premises. It was a bit overpriced (expected). My wife's halibut was decent, my chicken was dry and didn't have a lot of meat. I'm sure, in most cases, this hotel is just included in your tour package. But if you have a choice, I'd stay at the sister hotel (run by Princess) it looks a bit nicer.

So many problems and "So sorry. We can't do anything more to accommodate the issues"…read more Toilets and shower water from room above leaking into our bathroom. The best that LYDIA - the assistant manager could offer was breakfast vouchers. The maintenance workers assured us that the guests above would not let water get on the floor. But they left and did NOT clean up the mess Other substandard issues.... Very little space to open luggage, the sink, which was a VERY SMALL AREA and located outside the bathroom but the towels were located in the bathroom. Guests have to "Order" ice through customer service. The area to open luggage was incredibly small. Refrigerators can not be provided to keep cheese, wine and other items that should be kept cold. No closet, no table and the toilet paper holder is badly located. DO NOT STAY AT THE HOLLAND AMERICA DENALI LODGE.

More than ready for a refresh! Rooms and lodge are tired. Sit on upolstered be furniture and sink…read moreto the floor kind of tired. Room was clean and everyone was very nice. Denali is beautiful and we have great weather which is why we are here.

Everything was terrible. Dining options limited and menu…read morewasn't stocked for service. You got what they wanted you to have. Not many other local choices. Employees are seasonal and don't give a shit what you think about their lack or professionalism. Stay on the bus and keep going to Fairbanks.

drivers are so nice and respectful. All drivers Jeffrey was super helpful and friendlyread more

Stayed here for our anniversary and left disappointed for what we paid. The lodge building itself…read moreis attractive with nice views, but the rooms are in plain 3-story buildings out back -- nothing special, very Comfort Inn-esque. Big inconvenience: no lunch service at the restaurant, despite being far from any other food options. The low point was an interaction with Larry Smith, the restaurant manager. We'd brought a bottle of wine to drink by the fire before our anniversary dinner -- it was 40°F and raining out, our room only had one chair, and there was nowhere else indoors to sit. Larry told us we needed to remove the wine since we hadn't bought it on-site. We tossed the bottle and confirmed it, but he came back, checked our cups, saw wine still in them, and got confrontational, telling us to leave. A corkage fee would've been the normal way to handle this -- instead we were made to feel like criminals on our anniversary. Dinner didn't improve things: all three of our salmon orders, requested medium rare, came out overcooked. Drink selection was thin too. If you're looking at Denali lodging, check out the Princess or Holland properties instead -- nicer restaurants, and closer to everything in downtown Denali. We'd recommend the Princess or Holland properties instead -- better restaurants and closer to downtown Denali amenities.

Awesome views with spacious rooms. The hotel is set up on a hill, so noise isn't an issue, either…read more The staff is hard working. The restaurant's breakfast brunch was not fantastic, but it was good. The hotel is broken up into several buildings. In my opinion, buildings 25 or 26 on the second floor are the most scenic. Hopefully, I'll make it back there again some day.

Don't leave medicine in your cabin . Our's walked away . So…read moresad . The walkway is always blocked with the potable water truck . I know they have to have it ,but the walkway is blocked a lot .

Just got off the bus driven by Jason. Great tour of Denali for our first visit to Alaska. We were…read moreon the 11 am tour but still managed to see caribou, a bull moose, a wolverine, ptarmigans, and a ground squirrel that nosed for the bus! We did not see Mt McKinley, we weren't one of the lucky 30% unfortunately. Jason was a great narrator and guide and a very safe and accommodating driver.

We went on the early 4:50am tour yesterday with our guide, Jennifer. She was very knowledgeable and…read morewove a wonderful presentation of the history of the park, the flora and fauna, sustainability, and her personal journey. We saw grizzly bears, dall sheep, golden eagles, ptarmigans, red fox, snowshoe hares, ground squirrels, etc. We also had a nice clear view of Denali (Mt McKinley). It was an experience of a lifetime! Highly recommended. Check out my YouTube video of the grizzly mother and her two 2 year old cubs. Grizzly Bears Sighted at Denali! https://youtube.com/shorts/OUEIbzwdupw?feature=share

I hate to say it but our visit to Denali National Park wasn't as good as I was expecting. Denali…read moreNational Park is a gorgeous place and provides you with all the views that you would expect to see when you come to Alaska. But your visit is limited... now let me explain. If you have the American the Beautiful park pass, then your admission is free to the park. You can drive your car into the park, but only up to Riley Creek. If you don't have much time for a full day's worth of a visit then this is your best option if you want to visit this national park. But if you do have time, then you definitely want to check out one of the tours or transit buses. Please note that if you wish to take a tour or one of the transit buses, the American the Beautiful park pass does not cover that. You just have to head to the visitor center and purchase your tickets or you can purchase online. On NPS.gov, it warns you that tickets can be sold out if you do not purchase in advance but my husband and I were able to show up and purchase for the time that we wanted. We came on a Thursday morning though, in the month of August. Please note that if you visit Alaska in August, this is towards the end of the summer season and a lot of places already close for the season (Although this is now towards the off peak season and that prices are cheaper, just keep that in mind). Also want to mention that August is the 2nd rainiest month (September and August get the most rain of the year) so make sure to plan for that. There are also a lot of annoying mosquitos too so make sure to bring bug spray for that. Anyways, we took a transit bus. The bus driver is also your park guide to inform you of the sights and also will help you to spot some wildlife of the big 5 (bear, moose, caribou, Dall sheep, wolves). But you are not able to get in and off the bus whenever you want. There were only 2 stops on our visit. If you choose to stay (which you are allowed to), you will have to wait for the next transit bus. The problem with this is if there are no seats available, you will have to wait until the next bus comes by that does have enough seats for you and your party. Because of this, this really worried many of the people on the bus (including us), so we never stayed at one stop. We just got back on the bus when it was time. We did see this problem as our bus driver did stop for a group of 6 and told the group that there were only 4 empty seats on our bus and so they had to wait as our bus left them. Both of the stops on the bus do have restrooms. The first stop just has a porta potty but the second one has numerous of toilets (but the the cleanest and it may be in your best interest to bring some alcohol spray because there are no sinks). Your views for the rest of the park is just limited to what you see out of your window from the bus. I really wished that we could have driven our own car so that we could get in and out whenever we wanted. Although I will say that the bus driver was friendly and very informative. He also answered questions from the group that was on the bus. My husband and I visited this park over 2 days. Only part of the national park is dog friendly (not on the bus). So we were able to have our little girl join us (yep, our little girl dog travels with us and has been to 49 states so far and we have visited all 50 states). Dogs are also allowed to be on some campgrounds, in case you wish to camp (we ended up staying at an Airbnb not too far from the national park). I don't regret visiting this national park and still recommend that you do when you visit Alaska because Alaska truly is beautiful. You really get to see Mother Nature in all of her glory here. But just keep in mind how the visit may be.

Found this park to be incredible. Had a veteran tour guide,who knew the park inside & out…read more Spectacular views everywhere you look. Saw a fox up close & a rabbit quite cold when you arrive higher up

This hotel was assigned to me as part of a tour. We were located on second floor and there are no…read moreramps or elevator. The best part is the views of Denali. Room felt humid. The main lobby had a decent gift shop.

We were trapped here for an overnight on a tour. The accommodations are rustic - not in a quaint…read moreway. The rooms are cramped, outdated and less than basic. The food is mediocre and extremely overpriced. The staff at the front desk was not helpful and all together rude. Only positive was the river is pretty. The overnight experience was a bad ending to an otherwise lovely day exploring Denali.

Nice place a good distance away from Denali national park. Rooms were comfortable. Have to admit…read morethat the heat was on very high the first two nights that we stayed, and it really dried the skin out extremely. Otherwise, accommodation was great, bathrooms and water pressure in the shower was also wonderful. Food was good. Seating and views were amazing. Would recommend.

The great wilderness views everywhere, great breakfast, very well organized. Comfortable seats and…read moreample amount of seating both upstairs and downstairs. Overall, a nice experience.