Hi everyone, first I want to say a Big Big Thank You to everyone for answering my concerns and questions and for takeing the time and trouble to do this and to sending me the map.

I have a digital phone which is supposed to go to analog when it's only analog.

I've travelled around the world so I'm not so concerned about menus etc, I can get by in 3 languages and my husband is perfectly bi-lingual.For the last 15 years, I've avoided trips other than places where phones were readily available just like calling your next door neighbor. Actually the only time phones were a problem was 26 years ago when overseas calling was harder.

My problem is that I had so many confliting stories. I called the Skagway tourist office for something, and I happened to ask about pay phones and the guy said, yes we have them but good luck getting a line, on a land pay phone so that freaked me a little. Then one tour operator said, good luck as the lines are so long, then one said, forget cell phones, they don't work in Alaska so I got freaked out.

Y'all have comforted my nerves to a great extent.

I will tell hubby to bring his cell phone as he has a different model than mine.

I called around to try to rent a satallite phone, they are supposed to work everywhere even on the ship if you are on deck regardless where you are in the entire world as long as you can see the sky they are supposed to work, but they are quite big, like the very old orginal cell phones and I can't see lugging that thing around. Buying one is around $2,000US. I did the math on the rental and figured I could just pay for ship - to - shore if I wanted and it would come out to the same thing. I think for the time I needed it and charges etc it would have cost me $500 so I figured I might as well just use ship-to-shore if I get desperate.

If I may ask another question, when you were there, were there lines for the pay phones? Or were they readily available?
thank you everyone so very much appreciated.