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 1-866-446-4522or contact your AAA office.
What you need to know to plan a cruise-tour
THE BEST CRUISE-TOURS:
 
CELEBRITY and ROYAL CARIBBEAN » View Royal Caribbean Alaska e-brochure
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 new cruise port, Icy Stait Point.
- Recommended: Cruise-Tour #6, 11 nights
Southbound: 4-night tour (escorted) and 7-night cruise
Tour: Fairbanks- 2 nights, Rail, Denali - 2 nights, 4-hour Natural History
sightseeing, 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: May 17 from $1,549, May 31 from $1,599, June 14 from
$1,749, June 28 from $1,799, July 12 from $1,849, July 26 from $1,849,
August 9 from $1,749, August 23 from $1,649, Sept. 6 from 1,599
Departures/Royal Caribbean: May 24 from $1,589, June 7 from $1,719, June 21
from $1,819, July 5 from $1,979, August 2 from $1,929, August 16 from
$1,729, August 30 from $1,619
- Recommended: Cruise-Tour #11, 12 nights
Southbound: 5-night tour (escorted) and 7-night cruise
Tour: Fairbanks - 2 nights, 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: May 16 from $1,699, May 30 from $1,749, June 13 from 1,949,
June 27 from $1,949, July 11 from $1,999, July 25 from $1,999, August 8 from
$1,899, August 22 from $1,799, Sept. 5 from $1,749
Departures/Royal Caribbean: May 23 from $1,729, June 6 from $2,69, July 4 from
$2,329, August 1 from $2,179, August 29 from $1,819
PRINCESS® » Find AAA Specials » View Princess Alaska e-brochure
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 between Whittier and
Denali National Park that moves passengers in only
one day, providing the ONLY 10-night cruise-tour with
Denali), Custom-built lodges in prime locations, and every
cruise-tour includes a cruise visit to Glacier Bay
National Park, the premier glacier display in Alaska.
- Recommended: Cruise-Tour #AB3, 10 nights
Southbound: 3-night tour (hosted) and 7-night cruise
Tour: Anchorage- 1 nights, Motor coach, Mt. McKinley Princess Wilderness lodge -
1 night, 4-hour Natural History sightseeing, Motor coach, Denali Princess
Wilderness lodge - 1 night, rail to Whittier
Cruise (Coral Princess): Whittier, Hubbard Glacier (cruising), Glacier Bay (cruising),
Skagway, Juneau, Ketchikan, Vancouver.
Departures: May 19 from $1,499, June 2 from $1,699, June 16 from $1,949,
June 30 from $1,949, July 14 from $1,949, July 28 from $1,949,
August 11 from $1,999, August 25 from $1,799, Sept. 8 from $1,599
Tour: Fairbanks – 2 nights, rail, Denali Princess Wilderness lodge– 2 nights,
4-hour Natural History Tour sightseeing, Mt. McKinley Princess Wilderness
lodge – 1 night, rail, Whittier
Cruise (Coral Princess): 7-night Voyage of the Glaciers Cruise (above).
Departures: May 17 from $1,774, May 31 from $1,974, June 14 from $2,224,
June 28 from $2,224, July 12 from $2,224, July 26 from $2,224, August
9 from $2,274, August 23 from $2,074, Sept. 6 from $1,874
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 Skaway, 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 #4, 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 nights, Skagway – 1 night
Cruise (ms Volendam): Skagway, Glacier Bay (cruising), Ketchikan, Vancouver.
Departures: May 13 from $2,299, May 20 from $2,399, May 27 from $2549, June 3
from $2,599, June 10 from $2649, June 17 from $2,749, June 24 from $1,799,
July 1 from $2,799, July 8 from $2,799, July 15 from $2,799, July 22 from
$2,799, July 29 from $2,749, August 5 from $2,649, August 12 from $2,549,
August 19 from $2,449
- Recommended: Alaska, Tour #16, 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 Ryndam): College Fjord (cruising), Glacier Bay (cruising), Haines, Juneau,
Ketchikan, Vancouver.
Departures: May 11 from $1,649, May 25 from $2,099, June 8 from $2,249, June 22
from $2,399, July 6 from $2,399, July 20 from $2,449, August 3 from $2,299,
August 17 from $2,049, August 31 from $1,849
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