Alaska Cruise Tour

the route

the tour route – #13 I believe

 

Day 1 Fairbanks, Alaska Cruisetour Upon arrival in Fairbanks, you will be transferred to your hotel and meet your Tour Director.  Enjoy a relaxing overnight stay in Fairbanks.
Day 2 Fairbanks, Alaska /
Denali, Alaska
Cruisetour In the morning, travel via the Wilderness Express®, our glass-domed traincars, through the spectacular wilderness to Denali. Then, take the Denali Natural History, a guided experience into Denali National Park. Keep an eye out for wildlife along your path.. Overnight in Denali.
Day 3 Denali, Alaska /
Talkeetna, Alaska
Cruisetour The morning is open for you to explore Denali on your own before heading out on the Wilderness Express for Talkeetna – one of the most idyllic spots in all of Alaska. You’ll have free time to book an optional land excursion, such as a Mt. McKinley flightseeing tour. Spend a relaxing night at the Talkeetna Alaskan Lodge.
Day 4 Talkeetna, Alaska /
Anchorage, Alaska
Cruisetour In the morning, enjoy the nature trails that surround the lodge, or take advantage of optional activities, such as sport fishing or jet-boating, before you depart on the Wilderness Express for Anchorage. The evening is free for you to explore this cosmopolitan city filled with museums and shops. Overnight in Anchorage.
Day 5 Anchorage, Alaska /
Alyeska (Girdwood), Alaska
Cruisetour Enjoy a leisurely morning in Alaska’s largest and most cosmopolitan city before traveling in the early afternoon by deluxe motorcoach to Alyeska.  Enroute to Alyeska you will be treated with a visit to the Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center.  The remainder of the afternoon and evening is yours to enjoy The Hotel Alyeska and travel up the Mt. Alyeska Tram amongst the beautiful scenery of the seven hanging glaciers.  Overnight in Alyeska.
Day 6 Alyeska (Girdwood), Alaska /
Seward, Alaska
Cruisetour The morning departure from Alyeska leads you to a new adventure awaiting you in Seward aboard the Resurrection Bay Wildlife Cruise.  Travel on this three hour journey through the Kenai Fjords marveling at the marine wildlife and scenery surrounding you.  Overnight in Seward.
Day 7 Seward, Alaska Cruisetour Before boarding the Millennium for your Alaska cruise adventure relax in Seward for the morning or choose to participate in an optional land excursion.
DAY DATE PORT ARRIVE   DEPART
Fri Aug 3 Cruise begins in Anchorage (Seward), AK 8:00pm
Sat Aug 4 Hubbard Glacier, AK (Cruising) 2:00pm 6:00pm
Sun Aug 5 Juneau, AK 9:00am 9:00pm
Mon Aug 6 Skagway, AK 7:00am 8:30pm
Tue Aug 7 Icy Strait Point, AK 7:00am 4:00pm
Wed Aug 8 Ketchikan, AK 9:00am 6:00pm
Thu Aug 9 Inside Passage (Cruising)
Fri Aug 10 Vancouver, BC, Canada 7:00am

So the game plan is arrival on the 27th in Fairbanks. (we would have arrived on the start date of the 28th had not all the flights already been booked. Well, not all the flights but the ones that were reasonably priced and/or on airlines for which we already have frequent flyer cards. When it costs you less to fly the day before including the hotel – well please remember I am cheap.

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5 Responses to Alaska Cruise Tour

  1. Ann says:

    So, your next Alaska adventure has to be a winter visit! We attended to start of the Ididarod a few years ago. Also, hot springs north of Fairbanks at -40 F.

  2. Isobel says:

    WOW. Sounds wonderful. We leave on Saturday for a Grand Circle tour of the Danube–starting in Budapest and ending in Prague. On the way home we will stop in England to visit an old friend who can no longer travel.

  3. Cheryl says:

    Do the fly tour.

  4. Barbara says:

    I hope you have a wonderful time! Alaska is wonderful!
    Here are our favorites and a couple of busts to avoid:

    1 watching the salmon in the river in Ketchikan
    2. the salmon hatchery in Ketchikan (you can walk there from cruise ship) – also there was a funny homemade sign that said “Bruchim Ha’baim” (welcome to those who come) in Hebrew. That may be gone by now. Some woman had been in Israel.
    3. bookstore in Ketchikan
    4. Was it Icy Point Strait that has the whales?
    5. seeing sea otters near Seward.
    6. Juneau – did the whale tour – ask if they are seeing whales. tour was worth it if you like to, and if they are. I did an eagle spotting tour where they cheated and threw out fish (a no no) to get eagles to come – the water was very low that year. (this was 2 different years)
    7. Gold panning tour in Skagway was a bust – Ira took the kids. I liked the museum, though. Skagway is kind of a tourist trap – maybe you could go hiking there.
    8. use mosquito repellant in Juneau.
    9. I LOVED the museum in Anchorage – I love ethnography and this was heaven!
    10. If you are with female children, there is a Nordstrom. Also, every woman feels just a little slimmer in Anchorage – I swear there are no anorexics in Anchorage. Note that as my father used to say, many of the women are “broad across the beam.”
    11. If you want to buy Eskimo/Native People art, there is a museum owned by them – or maybe it’s a store. I wished we had time to go there.
    12. Reindeer Farm – located by Palmer – was lots of fun. Lizzy and I stood on the porch and watched as Ira was surrounded by reindeer as he offered them the food the place sells. As he says, “They got slobber on my leather jacket.” Animals love Ira!

    Oh yeah there’s some Israeli-owned shop in Ketchikan – he’s an expensive artist – not Munchkin but some name like that!

  5. Ann says:

    While you’re in Fairbanks, try to get to the museum at the U of Alaska. It’s first rate! Is George traveling with you? I’m so surprized you’re taking a “tour”. Ira and I have done Alaska twice (once in summer via Alaska Marine Highway and once in winter!!!). I thought you’d been there already. Have a great time.

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