If you travel to Alaska only once,
a cruise-tour is your best choice.
Because planning the best cruise-tour poses so many choices and decisions,
it is highly recommended that you contact a AAA travel
agent. Check with your AAA travel agent for special departures which may include reduced costs and extra amenities.
Call toll-free at 1-800-770-5173 or stop by your AAA office.
What you need to know to plan a cruise-tour
THE BEST CRUISE-TOURS 2012:
 
CELEBRITY and ROYAL CARIBBEAN
Enjoy the best of both worlds on a Celebrity
or Royal Caribbean Cruisetour: a spectacular Celebrity or Royal Caribbean cruise along the coast of Alaska combined with a fully escorted land tour into
the magnificent Alaskan interior. Package lengths range from 10-14 nights
and include their 7-night Alaska cruise. Nineteen of the twenty-one Cruisetours
feature an inclusive tour into Denali National Park, a 6.3 million acre park
home to Mt. McKinley and one of the largest wildlife habitats in the world.
Neither Celebrity or Royal Caribbean include Glacier Bay National Park but
do include an intriguing cruise port, Icy Stait Point.
- Recommended: Cruise-Tour #6, 11 nights
Southbound: 4-night tour (escorted) and 7-night cruise
Tour: Fairbanks- 2 nights, Fairbanks city tour, Riverboat Discovery Sternwheeler
and El Dorado Gold Mine sightseeing, Rail, Denali - 2 nights, 4-hour Natural
History sightseeing, Motor coach to Anchorage and transfer to ship
Cruise (Celebrity Millennium or Royal Caribbean's Radiance of the Seas):
Seward, Hubbard Glacier (cruising), Juneau, Skagway, Icy Strait Point,
Ketchikan, Vancouver.
Departures/Celebrity 2012: June 8 from $2,1499, June 22 from $2,319, July 6 from
$2,319, July 20 from $2,369, August 3 from $2,369, August 17 from $2,249,
August 31 from $2,149
Departures/Royal Caribbean 2012: May 14 from $2,129, June 11 from $2,139,
June 25 from $2,199, July 9 from $2,199, July 23 from $2,249, August 6 from
$2,229, August 20 from $2,169, September 3 from $1,949
- Recommended: Cruise-Tour #11, 12 nights
Southbound: 5-night tour (escorted) and 7-night cruise
Tour: Fairbanks - 2 nights, Fairbanks city tour, Riverboat Discovery Sternwheeler
and El Dorado Gold Mine sightseeing, Rail, Denali - 1 night, 6-hour Tundra
Wilderness Sightseeing, Rail, Talkeetna - 1 night, Motor coach, Anchorage -
1 night
Cruise (Celebrity Millennium or Royal Caribbean's Radiance of the Seas):
Seward, Hubbard Glacier (cruising), Juneau, Skagway, Icy Strait Point,
Ketchikan, Vancouver.
Departures/Celebrity 2012: June 8 from $1,999, June 22 from $2,229, July 6 from
$2,329, July 20 from $2,229, August 3 from $2,279, August 17 from $2,149,
August 31 from $1,999
Departures/Royal Caribbean 2012: May 13 from $2,179, June 10 from $2,299,
June 24 from $2,379, July 8 from $2,609, July 22 from $2,609, August 5 from
$2,389, August 19 from $2,269, September 2 from $2,299
PRINCESS® » Princess bonus time Jan. 10-Feb. 10, 2012
You’ll find more choice and variety
with Princess® than any other cruise line. While they
didn’t invent the Alaska cruise-tour, they perfected
it and have features that make them a stand-out: Direct
to the Wilderness rail service making a short 10-day cruise-tour possible, custom-built lodges in prime locations, and a visit to Glacier Bay National Park on every cruise-tour , the premier glacier display in Alaska.
» View Princess 2012 e-brochure
- Recommended: Cruise-Tour #AB3, 10 nights
Southbound: 3-night tour (hosted) and 7-night cruise
Tour: Mt. McKinley Princess Wilderness Lodge- 2 nights, Motor coach, Denali
Princess Wilderness lodge -1 night, 4-hour Natural History sightseeing, rail to
Whittier
Cruise (Coral Princess): Whittier, Hubbard Glacier (cruising), Glacier Bay (cruising),
Skagway, Juneau, Ketchikan, Vancouver.
Departures 2012: May 18 from $1,523, June 1 from $1,873, June 15 from $1,998,
June 29 from $2,123, July 13 from $2,123, July 27 from $2,122,
August 10 from $2,123, August 24 from $1,873, Sept. 7 from $1,523
Tour: Fairbanks – 2 nights, sternwheeler and goldmine sightseeing tours, motor
coach, Denali Princess Wilderness lodge– 2 nights, 4-hour Natural History Tour
sightseeing, rail, Mt. McKinley Princess Wilderness lodge – 2 nights, rail,
Whittier
Cruise (Island Princess): 7-night Voyage of the Glaciers Cruise (above).
Departures 2012: May 24 from $1,898, June 7 from $2,248, June 21 from $2,498,
July 5 from $2,498, July 19 from $2,498, August 2 from $2,498, August 16 from
$2,373, August 30 from $2,073, Sept. 13 from $1,698
HOLLAND AMERICA LINE
You’ll find similar Alaska
– Denali itineraries to Princess® (they are both owned
by the same parent company); but they offer and specialize
in another itinerary – Alaska and the Canadian Yukon,
where you sail for 3- or 4-nights between Vancouver
and Skagway, and then tour through the Yukon and Alaska. Holland America includes Glacier Bay National Park
on many (but not all) cruise-tours.
- Recommended: Alaska and The Yukon, Tour #Y2T, 13 nights
Southbound: 9-night tour (escorted) and 4-night cruise
Tour: Anchorage- 1 night, rail, Denali -2 nights 6-hour Tundra Wilderness tour
sightseeing, rail, Fairbanks- 1 night, motor coach, Tok -1night, river cruise,
Dawson City-2 nights, Whitehourse-1 night, Skagway – 1 night
Cruise (ms Zuiderdam): Skagway, Glacier Bay (cruising), Ketchikan, Vancouver.
Departures 2012: May 13 from $2649, May 20 from $2,749, June 3 from $2,849,
June 10 from $2,899, June 17 from $2,949, July 1 from $2,999, July 8 from
$2,999, July 22 from $2,999, July 29 from $2,949, August 5 $2,849, August 12
from $2,799, August 19 from $2,699
- Recommended: Alaska, Tour #D3T, 12 nights
Southbound: 5-night tour (escorted) and 7-night cruise
Tour: Fairbanks – 2 nights, rail, Denali – 2 nights, 6-hour Tundra Wilderness tour
sightseeing, rail, Anchorage – 1 night
Cruise (ms Zaandam): College Fjord (cruising), Glacier Bay (cruising), Haines,
Juneau, Ketchikan, Vancouver.
Departures 2012: May 15 from $1,699, May 29 from $1,999, June 12 from $2,199,
June 26 from $2,449, July 10 from $2,449, July 24 from $2,449, August 7 from
$2,449, August 21 from $2,249, September 4 from $2,049
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