Alaska Cruise .. What cruise line would you recommend?

Alaska cruises run from April to September. It gets way too cold after the summer. Now as far as which cruise lines are best, they all have good features, but are geared toward different age groups. Carnival and Disney are designed for young adults and families. Princess, Holland America and Crystal are marketed toward older families and senior citizens. Obviously, you will have all age groups on the all the cruises. In regards to ports, you can fly into Seattle or Vancouver. The Princess Cruise has a place on board called the Atrium, which is for adults only. The cruises run from 6 days to as long as 31 days or more. I would recommend at least 10 days or more to make it worth your time and money. There is valuable information on cruises at: "Amazing Tours and Travel" http://www.amazingtoursandtravel.com

Well kids......... It would definitely be Princess if you really want to see Alaska, and, if you have the time, you want to look into a cruisetour. About everyone has them, but, Princess is the one you want. Their landside accommodations are purpose built lodges, built and operated by Princess. You can add the "tour" portion to the beginning or end of the cruise. Adding three days costs just under $ 300.00, but, you can add up to eight days (customs are available) on normal scheduled cruise tours. Want to see Prudhoe Bay? The pipeline? Mt. McKinley? Denali?, etc. You can see it all, in comfort, and, as it's all operated by Princess, it's virtually seamless. Heck, insted of taking a but to a train, they brought their glass topped sightseeing cars to the side of the ship. You get off the ship, and onto the train (or vice versa). If you'd like, I have a beautiful Alska Screrensaver from Princess I can send you. There are differences in price between northbound (Approx $ 500.00 less) and Southbound. Other than that, one glacier stop northbound is at a different locale (better?) Southbound. You either embark or disembark in Vancouver for the Voyage of the Glaciers +tour days. You could, of course, book only the sea portion, seven days north or south. In some cases, I can understand that, but, if your traveling to Anchorage or Vancouver, or vice versa, those expenses are already incurred. Seems like a waste to miss the land portion. If you decide you should have, and return, you're paying for the same transport twice. Just a thought. Some people, on tight schedules, or not as eager to REALLY see ALL of Alaska, take what's called the Inside Passage Cruise. That's three days north, and three days south, with a little slow down in between. These usually sail out of Seattle. It really boils down to what YOU really want to see. You may have noticed, I lean toward Cruise Tours, but then, I'm a VALUE shopper. If I can help, in any way, or if you would like a nice Alaska Screensaver, stop by, and leave me a msg. You can research ALL the cruises, roundtrip, one way, and cruise tours. I really wish you would. I think you'll find everything I've told you there, as well as REAL expert oppinions (people who have actually sailed on these ships/itineraries and rate then 1 to 5) By the way, you'll see something called "The Seven Seas Club", if you sign up you can receive Newsletters, once a month, for the areas you are interested, as well as "Flash" specials. Of course, we are permission based marketers. We will send you nothing you have not specifically asked for.... ever. Good luck, Enjoy, Joe PS - Just so you know, the season runs May to Sept, but, is typically 50 to 60% sold by New Years. You may get a better rate later, if you can get onboard, but you will definitely have a muck better stateroom selection now,.... and you can figure 25 to 30% are already sold. JS