Last week I finished my Alaska Expert training with Princess Cruises just in time for our two back-to-back Cruise Week Sales. Cruise Week is definitely the time to book a fantastic balcony stateroom on a Princess cruise. Deposits are reduced to $100 per person and each stateroom receives a Shipwide Savings Coupon Booklet worth up to $325 in savings on shipboard products and services.
So why do people cruise in Alaska?
The number one reason is to see glaciers. Coming in a close second and third are to see mountains and wildlife. Princess cruise itineraries are designed for you to see all of these.
These pictures are from the Star Princess on an Inside Passage cruise in May 2008. The highlight of the trip for us was cruising in Tracy Arm. Our ship cruised to this point in the channel and proceeded to turn around affording us a great view of the glacier. Of course, I was busy watching to see if we were going to hit the rock walls on either side!
In addition to glacier cruising, Princess Inside Passage cruises port at Ketchikan, Juneau, Skagway, and Victoria, BC.
The mountainous terrain along the Inside Passage makes this part of Alaska accessible only by water or air. The picture of our ship at the dock in Skagway helps you see the size of these mountains. The Star Princess is 951 feel long and carries 2600-passengers. We seemed inconspicuous compared to the land and water around us.
Alaska is one of those places that helps you understand the meaning of the word awesome.
I haven't even gotten into the third reason for going to Alaska--wildlife. Over the next few days I'll share more Alaska cruise and cruisetour pictures and information. Please stay tuned.
7-Day Inside Passage cruises sail round-trip out of Seattle. The very popular 7-day Voyage of the Glaciers cruises depart out of Vancouver for northbound cruises or Whittier (outside Anchorage) for southbound cruises.
Now is the time to book an Alaska cruise! Email me today. tripstravels@busceme.com
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