As cruising in Alaska continues its large development in reputation, Princess Cruises has introduced its 2024 Alaska summer time schedule. These Alaska cruises and cruisetours (a mix of a cruise and overland exploration) are actually open for reserving.
The 2024 season marks Princess Cruises’ fifty fifth anniversary crusing in Alaska. Seven ships are scheduled to depart from 4 homeports: San Francisco, Seattle, Vancouver, and Anchorage (Whittier).
Cruises
The Alaska 2024 season consists of 158 departures on 14 distinctive itineraries with 17 locations, together with 5 glacier viewing experiences on seven ships. It additionally consists of 86 visits to Glacier National Park, together with most “Voyage of the Glaciers” itineraries between Anchorage and Vancouver and lots of Inside Passages cruises.
Three ships — Royal Princess, Sapphire Princess, and Grand Princess will sail the “Voyage of the Glaciers” itinerary that includes two glacier-viewing experiences on every cruise. Northbound sailings embrace a “More Ashore” late-night keep in Juneau.
Two ships — Discovery and Majestic Princess — depart from Seattle on Saturdays and Sundays for seven-day Inside Passage cruises and in addition embrace More Ashore late-night Juneau stays.
Crown Princess departs from San Francisco on 11-day Inside Passage cruises and gives visitors the chance to sail underneath the enduring Golden Gate Bridge.
Ruby Princess sails from Vancouver on seven-day Inside Passage cruises, with many departures together with scenic cruising in Glacier Bay National Park.
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Cruisetours
Those seeking to discover Alaska additional can take a cruisetour, which mixes a seven-night Voyage of the Glaciers cruise with an prolonged three to 10 nights on land, staying at Princess’ Wilderness Lodges. All cruisetours embrace a go to to Glacier Bay National Park and Denali National Park.
Cruisetours additionally provide the chance to experiences Princess’ “Direct-to-Wilderness” rail service, departing from the port in Whittier all the way in which to the Denali space.
Back by well-liked demand, the 17-night Ultimate Princess Connoisseur cruisetour options two nights at every of the 5 Princess Wilderness Lodges, on the doorsteps of nationwide parks together with Kenai Fjords and Wrangell St. Elias and Denali National Park.
North to Alaska Program
Onboard and ashore, the award-winning “North to Alaska” enrichment program brings native personalities, tradition, and Alaska seafood collectively to immerse visitors within the historical past and traditions of Alaska. Highlights embrace:
- Puppies within the Piazza (Skagway): Guests stand up shut and private with sled canine puppies.
- Wild for Alaska Seafood: Industry-first, location-based seafood initiative in partnership with three fisheries with a dedication to environmentally-responsible practices. Guests can select from 30 Alaska seafood dishes with featured objects each night time in all primary eating rooms, serving forms of salmon, cod, halibut, Dungeness crab, wild spot prawns, and razor clams
- Exclusive Treehouse: Mt. McKinley Princess Wilderness Lodge encompasses a treehouse featured on the present Treehouse Masters, the place visitors can discover and catch a glimpse of Denali.
- Top shore excursions together with flightseeing and touchdown on glaciers, musher’s camp and dog-sledding, whale watching, seeing glaciers by helicopter, fishing with the chance to “Cook My Catch” onboard or on the lodges, and a distant wildlife and brown bear search
- Onboard Jr. Ranger Program for youths and Glacier Bay Park Rangers and Naturalists on board that supply commentary on the surroundings and wildlife that the ship is crusing by
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