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The
Great State of Alaska can be experienced in three basic ways
through an Alaska Cruisetour Vacation.
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Typical Inside
Passage Itinerary
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Make
your selection on the basis of itinerary and
length of Cruisetour desired.
The "IP" in front designates a Holland America cruisetour
based on an 3 or 4 day Inside passage cruise terminating or
originating in Skagway. The "RCI" in front of the
cruisetour designation distinguishes it from the Celebrity
tour which has a similar name
since RCI owns Celebrity.
Celebrity and Royal Caribbean Cruisetours are escorted. Some
of the other Alaska cruisetours can also be escorted. Ask
you Alaska cruisetour expert.
If you have a preferance for a Cruise Line please use the
side bar on the right. It will give you the opportunity to
see all of the cruisetours offerd by a particular cruiseline.
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| A
short itinerary explanation |
| North
and South Bound Cruisetours |
There
are three ways in which an Alaska cruisetour is offered.
The two major ways, referred to as Northbound or Southbound
cruisetours, are based on the 7 day one way itinerary
of Holland America, Celebrity, Princess, Royal Caribbean
and Carnival ships. These itineraries range from 9 to
18 days in length including the 7 days on the cruise.
They are available either before the cruise travelling
from Alaska to Vancouver, the southbound direction, or
after the cruise from Seward, the northbound direction.
All cruisetours generally offer a wide variety of optional
activites in Alaska such as fishing, horseback riding,
mountain biking, hiking, white water rafting etc. A trip
to Denali National Park is generally included as are the
cities of Anchorage and perhaps Fairbanks, depending on
the length of the cruisetour chosen. Flights into Nome
and Kotzebue are also offerd as part of these cruisetours. |
| Inside
Passage Cruisetours |
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third way is based on the Inside Passage Cruise, hence
IP Cruisetour, and is offered exclusively by Holland America
Cruise Line. In the northbound direction the cruise portion
of the tour terminates after 3 days in Skagway. From here
the tour generally operates via the Whitepass Yukon Railroad
into Whitehorse in the Yukon and via deluxe motorcoach
from there into more of the Yukon and Alaska. The flight
home is then from one of the cities in Alaska, either
Anchorage or Fairbanks. In the south direction the itinerary
can be repeated in reverse or have a flight into Skagway.
In Skagway the four day cruise portion is picked up for
the trip to Vancouer. The advantage of the south bound
trip in this scenario is that the cruise sails via Glacier
Bay National Park. It is therefore important to discuss
the itinerary with an Alaska cruise expert so that those
sights important to you for your Alaska vacation are duly
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Typical North/South
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