CRUSE ALASKA DESTINATIONS
LEFT: Denali National Park
ABOVE: McKinley Chalet Resort RIGHT: Alaska Railroad
parks. Whale and dolphin watching, stargazing and Gold Rush tours are also available, while local seafood dishes will be served onboard. Princess has teamed up with
Discovery Communications to create experiences based on the channel’s hit shows, with options on Alaska voyages including panning for gold and Animal Planet-themed activities on and off ship.
w STANDARD ITINERARY Most cruise lines follow a similar itinerary to Nieuw Amsterdam, but smaller vessels might alternatively visit Sitka or Wrangell, another Gold Rush boom town, where clients can fish, hike or kayak. Some itineraries also offer scenic cruising in College Fjord, named after an 1899 expedition funded by the US’s Ivy League colleges, or the Hubbard Glacier, the cliff face of which is more than six miles wide and 700 feet high. Cruises are generally for seven or 10 nights, sailing either one way or round-trip from Vancouver
or Seattle, which can be linked with a pre or post-cruise journey on the Rocky Mountaineer train through Canada. Princess also has 10-night round-trip voyages from San Francisco. However, companies do switch ships around quite a bit, often as it’s the easy way to increase capacity. Next year, for example, Royal Caribbean International’s 3,114-passenger Explorer of the
Seas takes over seven-night round-trip Seattle cruises from Jewel of the Seas, which holds 1,000 fewer people. Cruise-only prices start at £1,169 a person, departing May 20. Regent Seven Seas Cruises’
700-passenger Seven Seas Mariner will take over one-week all-inclusive cruises between Vancouver and Seward from Seven Seas Navigator, which
holds just 490. Prices start at £3,999 a person, including flights, departing May 18. Crystal Cruises will operate in
Alaska in 2016 for the first time in five years, with Crystal Serenity sailing its debut season in the 49th state. Cruise-only prices start at £2,080 a person for a seven-day sailing from Vancouver to Anchorage, departing June 19.
LEFT: Seven Seas Mariner
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