Why Alaska? Cruise visitors setting out to explore Alaska on a cruise ship will have a lot to discover. There are 30 ports in Alaska and with almost 34, 000 miles of shoreline, an Alaska cruise is the best way to see and enjoy the great land of Alaska. Good to know The word Alaska comes from…
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Information about Alaska for cruise passengers.
Multigenerational Alaska cruisetour on Princess Cruises is great for family
Alaska Cruisetour Vacations are Ideal for Families What better way for a family to see all the best of Alaska – an incredible 12-night cruisetour vacation with a host of exciting activities for all ages included! Travel planning couldn’t be easier, with amazing Denali National Park and scenic rail travel on land, plus dazzling Glacier…
Princess Cruises Alaska onboard features
Princess Cruises knows how to cruise Alaska. A robust program enhances the cruise experience with many options to help guests get the most out of their Alaska cruise vacation. Princess’ extensive onboard Alaska program includes: Sanctuary Glacier Viewing Experience – The Sanctuary will become a prime location for glacier viewing of the unforgettable Glacier Bay…
Princess Cruises Sea Day Alaska
Farewell As the saying goes, all good cruises must come to an end. However before this fantastic cruisetour on the Coral Princess ends, we have a full sea day. Captain Mariano Manfuso will continue on a southerly course. Some of the navigational landmarks we will encounter are: Queen Charlotte Strait, Johnstone Strait, Seymour Narrows, Strait…
Back Country Zodiac adventure in Ketchikan
Back country Zodiac Adventure – Ketchikan, Alaska Princess Cruises offers many ways to Escape Completely in Ketchikan. One fun shore excursion to try if the Back Country Zodiac Adventure. This shore excursion allows guests to skipper their own custom-built motorized inflatable along the coastline of Revillagigado Island for a unique Alaska adventure. SCENIC CRUISE Following a short…
Ketchikan, Alaska cruise port
Welcome to Ketchikan, Alaska Misty Ketchikan Toady the #FollowMeAtSea Twitter gang (and the rest of the 2,000 passengers sailing on Coral Princess, arrive to a misty Ketchikan. According to my Princess Patter daily newsletter, we passed Cape Decision through Summer Strait and transited Snow Pass in the early hours. We have proceeded on a southerly course through the Hecate…
Coral Princess Day 9 Alaska
Welcome to Juneau Rain greets us in Juneau. But as the saying goes, it takes both sun and rain to make a rainbow. It makes me ponder the gold rush and the hearty environment that greeted the gold prospectors. Besides the history of Juneau, the landscape is amazing; mountains, streams, waterfalls, and wildlife are abundant….
Glacier Flight-seeing and Dog Sledding in Alaska
Princess Cruises offers a fine collection of vendors to serve Alaska cruise customers. One popular shore excursion combines dog sledding and glacier flightseeing. Participants on the Skagway excursion meet professional mushers and their dogs on a unique Alaska excursion that combines helicopter flightseeing with dog sledding. This is such an amazing activity. Our musher was Cindy…
Port Buzz: Skagway
Port Buzz: Skagway After two days of cruising, we arrive in Skagway. Today it is all about Gold Rush fever. In fact, Skagway, Alaska was known to thousands of hopeful gold rushers as the gateway to the gold fields. Not the easiest route to the Klondike, Skagway offered the shortest route to the gold. The tiny…
Alaska Cruistour Princess Wilderness Lodge
Mt. McKinley Princess Wilderness Lodge Gateway to Denali The only Alaska tour company that has custom-built wilderness lodges expressly for its cruisetour guests, Princess owns and operates five lodges that are unique in the industry for combining upscale accommodations and amenities with dramatic riverside locations and renowned service levels. Today we board our coach to…