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1. Be sure to purchase the "Tour Saver" booklet. If you keep watching the site, they will go on sale.
2. In Fairbanks, we stayed at Pioneer Park. There are no hookups, but there is potable water available. A dump station is just a block away for when you leave. The park has free admission, a nightly salmon bake (referred to earlier), a great aviation museum, a nightly play (tour saver), a river boat to walk through, and several other attractions. It is free to enter the park, and there is nightly entertainment in the bandstand. It only costs $15.00 or so to camp there, and there are usually several campers there -- pretty safe, I think.
3. In Denali, we stayed in the park. The advantages are a ranger talk every night, it's half price if you have the lifetime national park pass, moose in the park, and a nice atmosphere. Cons: no hookups, you need to get there early in the morning to pick a site as some are a bit small. There are two sizes of sites -- to get the large one, you need to reserve early, but remember that you are not guaranteed a specific site, so you need to get there early in the day to be able to select the best site. We reserved about a week out, could only get into the park nearest the gate (which was fine) and a smaller site.
4. We stayed at Ship Creek RV in Anchorage. They take Passport America. It is close to Ship Creek (naturally), and it is a great place to walk and bike -- lots of fish to observe, ducks, and beaver. It's also close to the train station, and I'd suggest taking the train down to Seward. (Tour saver will get you two for one.) Cons: It is close to the homeless shelter, but we had no issues.
5. Homer is great -- we stayed on the Spit in the no hookup site, right on the water. There is a dump station across from the post office for $5.00.
6. Don't miss Valdez. Great drive down there. We took a tour with Lulu Belle, and it was very good.
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