Ports. Ships. People

Princess Cruises held its first-ever Twitter trip last November and invited a group of  travel Twitterers aboard to share their cruise experience with their followers in “real time.”  Based on the enthusiastic response by all the participants (and their followers), Princess Cruises is hosting another Twitter-centric trip this summer to Alaska, and Cruise Buzz will be onboard.

As a guest of Princess Cruises, Cruise Buzz from Cruise Holidays of Mission Vejo has the chance to escape completely on an Alaska cruisetour with Princess Cruises and share your experiences —such as riding the Alaska railroad through pristine wilderness, hiking on a glacier, viewing wildlife and seeing Glacier Bay from your private balcony stateroom, just to name a few.

A Princess Alaska cruisetour enables travelers to experience the best of Alaska by both land and sea—from the tidewater glaciers and sea life, to the beauty of the interior, especially the “jewel” of Alaska, Denali National Park.  Combining a seven-day cruise with a land tour, our trip will run from Tuesday, June 15, through Saturday, June 26, 2010. 

The trip begins with three days filled with exciting excursions from Princess’ wilderness lodges, including the Fairbanks Princess Riverside Lodge, Denali Princess Wilderness Lodge and McKinley Princess Wilderness Lodge.  One of the highlights of the land tour will be traveling through the interior of Alaska on the Princess Rail.  

The three days on land will be followed by seven days at sea exploring the glaciers and pioneer Alaska towns aboard Coral Princess.  After departing from Anchorage, the ship will cruise by Hubbard Glacier and Glacier Bay National Park, before making stops in Skagway, Juneau, Ketchikan and finally ending in Vancouver.

 Here’s the full itinerary:

• Day 1: Tuesday, June 15 – Arrive at Fairbanks Princess Riverside Lodge
• Day 2: Wednesday, June 16  – Ride the Princess Rail from Fairbanks to Denali
  • Optional land excursions  from Denali Princess Wilderness Lodge
• Day 3: Thursday, June 17 – Denali Princess Wilderness Lodge
  • National History Tour in Denali National Park
  • Afternoon at leisure and optional land excursions
• Day 4: Friday, June 18 – Motorcoach from Denali to the McKinley Princess Wilderness Lodge
  • Afternoon at leisure and optional land excursions
• Day 5: Saturday, June 19 – Motorcoach from McKinley to Talkeetna
• • Travel by the McKinley Express Rail from Talkeetna to Whittier
  • Embark Coral Princess
• Day 6: Sunday, June 20 – Hubbard Glacier cruising
• Day 7: Monday, June 21 – Glacier Bay National Park cruising
• Day 8: Tuesday, June 22 – Skagway
• Day 9: Wednesday, June 23 – Juneau
• Day 10: Thursday, June 24 – Ketchikan
• Day 11: Friday, June 25 – Inside Passage cruising
• Day 12: Saturday, June 26 – Vancouver