15
Cruiselines Announce Year 2008 Alaska Cruises
Here’s the 47-Ship
List!
Upper
Photo: RCI Serenade of
the Seas
Lower
photo: NCL
Norwegian Sun (Photos by Mike Miller)
 Alaska's 2008 cruising season
is shaping up to be yet another wonderous year for Alaska
seaborne visitors. Fifteen cruise companies will dispatch no fewer than
47 cruise vessels to America's northern frontier waters in
2008. Some ships are large (read, very large, as in
2,000-passengers-plus large). Some are comparitively quite small,
pampering as few as a dozen.
Whatever your cruising style the scene from your stateroom or deck will
be the same: sky-piercing mountains, dense lush forests on thousands of
islands large and small, brilliant blue glaciers. breaching whales in
the water and wondrously wild creatures ashore.
www.AlaskaCruisingReport.com can relay
to you that, with one exception, all of the cruise companies that
dispatched vessels to Alaska in 2007 will be back in 2008. Add an
additional major company to the mix and you have the same number of
players as 2007 – 15. And between these 15 lines no fewer
than 47 vessels will ply the waters of the Inside Passaage to and
within Alaska.
All of these cruiselines have posted
their 2008 Alaska cruise sailing dates, itineraries, and fares.
Cruising patterns remain basically the same tried and true options that
have pleased travelers for decades (Link to “ABCs of Alaska
Cruising” at left).
Here's the 2008 lineup:
Large to Mega Vessels
CARNIVAL
CRUISE LINE; www.carnival.com; 1-800-CARNIVAL. The
world’s largest cruiseline advises AlaskaCruisingReport.com
that the company will operate one ship in Alaska in 2008, the
2,124-guest Carnival
Spirit. The company’s 2008 Alaska season will
begin May 21 and includes seven-day Glacier Route cruises either
northbound from Vancouver or southbound from Whittier (near Anchorage).
Cruises in both directions feature Prince William Sound, College Fjord,
Lynn Canal, Juneau, Skagway, Ketchikan, Sitka and the Inside Passage.
The company will also operate three
seven-night Glacier Bay cruises roundtrip from Vancouver. These trips
spend full days cruising Glacier Bay National Park and the Inside
Passage as well as port calls in Juneau, Skagway, and
Ketchikan.
CELEBRITY
CRUISES; www.celebritycruises.com; 1-800-437-3111;
The cruiseline’s vessel Millennium
(1,950 guests), will open Celebrity’s season May 5 with a
14-night roundtrip cruise out of San Francisco taking in Astoria,
Oregon, Seattle, Ketchikan, Juneau, Hubbard Glacier (cruising),
Skagway, Sitka, Vancouver, and Victoria. May 19 the line has scheduled
an open-jaw 11-night itinerary from San Francisco to Vancouver via
Astoria, Seattle, Ketchikan, Juneau, Skagway, and Hubbard Glacier
(cruising).
From June into September the vessel will
operate a series one-way, seven-night southbound Gulf and Glaciers
sailings from Seward to Vancouver with cruising at Hubbard Glacier and
port visits in Juneau, Skagway, Icy Strait Point, and Ketchikan. Final
voyage of the season will be a 14-night open-jaw trip departing
Vancouver for Icy Strait Point, Hubbard Glacier, Juneau, Skagway,
Sitka, Ketchikan, Seattle, San Francisco, Catalina Island, and San
Diego.
Celebrity’s 1,950-guest vessel Infinity
will inaugurate its 2008 season with a May 9 sailing, the first of a
series of May-into-September roundtrip seven-night Inside Passage
sailings from Seattle to Ketchikan, Hubbard Glacier (cruising), Juneau,
and Victoria, B.C.
The cruiseline’s Mercury
(1,870 guests) begins its season May 11 with a seven-night roundtrip
from Vancouver to Ketchikan, Hubbard Glacier, Juneau, and Sitka,
followed by similar week-long voyages until September 14 when the
season closer will be an eight-night open-jaw trip which adds Victoria
to the list of ports visited and ends in Seattle.
HOLLAND
AMERICA LINE; www.hollandamerica.com; 1-877-SAIL HAL. In
2008 Holland America Line will continue its role as a major player
among cruise companies serving Alaska. No fewer than eight ships will
sail between Seattle or Vancouver and the nation’s
farthest-north state.
In the course of 153 sailings, the line
will offer three itinerary options:
Vessels Amsterdam
(1,380 guests), Oosterdam
(1,848) and Westerdam
(1.848) will home port in Seattle and sail Inside Passage round trips
to principal communities in Southeast Alaska plus – depending
on ship and sailing --– Glacier Bay, Hubbard Glacier, or
Tracy Arm/Sawyer Glacier. Similar Inside Passage round trips from
Vancouver to Southeast Alaska will be served by HAL’s Ryndam
and Statendam
(each 1,258) plus a single sailing by Zaandam
(1,432).
Cruising a Gulf and Glaciers season-long
itinerary of one-way north or south voyages between Vancouver and
Seward (with surface access to Anchorage) will be Veendam
(1,258) and Volendam
(1,432) and Zaandam
(1,432). Depending on voyage and vessel, Gulf and Glaciers itineraries
may include glacier viewing in Glacier Bay National Park, Hubbard
Glacier, and College Fjord in Prince William Sound. Veendam trips will
call at the Alaska Native-owned cultural center and soft-adventure base
at Icy Strait Point.
NORWEGIAN
CRUISE LINE; www.ncl.com; 1-800-327-7030. NCL will
inaugurate its Alaska “Freestyle Cruising” season
on May 3 with the first of 20 seven-night voyages aboard the
2,244-guest Norwegian
Star, departing Seattle and taking in Juneau, Skagway, and
Ketchikan as well as Prince Rupert, B.C. The voyage includes cruising
Tracy Arm Fjord and Sawyer Glacier.
Starting May 4 NCL’s new
2,394-guest Norwegian
Pearl (presently the latest in the company’s
“Jewel”-class vessels) will sail 20 seven-night
round trip voyages from Seattle in 2008 making port calls or cruising
at Ketchikan, Glacier Bay, Juneau, Skagway, and Victoria, B.C. Among
its many amenities the Pearl
boasts the world’s only ocean-going bowling alley.
Norwegian Sun will sail its first of 17 seven-night Alaska
voyages on May 11 departing from Vancouver and calling at Ketchikan,
Juneau, and Skagway plus cruising Tracy Arm Fjord and Sawyer Glacier.
PRINCESS
CRUISES; www.princess.com; 1-800-PRINCESS. Princess has
announced details of its two major Alaska cruising programs
for year 2008 – the line’s traditional Gulf of
Alaska option that operates one-way week-long voyages between Vancouver
and Whittier and its traditional guest-pleasing round trip journeys
from Seattle. The line has also announced a new 14-night
“Connoisseur” itinerary. Company officials describe
as “a chance to view the brown bears of Kodiak, explore the
natural beauty of ‘Alaska’s Little
Switzerland’ at Valdez, and revel in one of
Alaska’s best wildlife spectacles from Seward, gateway to
Kenai Fjords National Park.”
Vessels that will sail between Vancouver
and Whittier include Diamond
Princess and Sapphire
Princess (each 2,670 guests) and Coral Princess
and Island
Princess (each 1,970), all of which will be deployed on 73
one-way north- or south-bound voyages. Port calls are scheduled for
Ketchikan, Juneau, and Skagway. Daylight cruising is scheduled in
Glacier Bay and the 16 glaciers of College Fjord in Prince William
Sound. The new-for-2008 "Connoisseur" option in Alaska will feature
eight departures aboard the 670-guest Tahitian
Princess on a two-week schedule that departs from
Vancouver and calls at Kodiak, Seward, and Valdez in addition to
Ketchikan, Skagway, Sitka, and Victoria, B.C. Each sailing will also
cruise for a full day in Glacier Bay National Park.
The lineup for the company's Inside
Passage program from Seattle to Southeast Alaska and return will
include the Star
Princess and the Golden
Princess (sister
ships, each of which accommodate 2,600 guests). Sun Princess (1.950) will sail
10-day round trips from San Francisco. All told, the three "Inside
Passage" ships will sail 54 voyages to principal communities in
Southeast Alaska and Victoria, B.C. plus glacier cruising at
Tracy Arm fjord.
ROYAL
CARIBBEAN INTERNATIONAL; www.royalcaribbean.com;
1-800-327-6700. May 3 will mark the start of the Alaska cruising season
for RCI’s Serenade
of
the Seas (2,100 guests) with an open-jaw voyage from San
Francisco to Vancouver. Port visits will include Astoria, Oregon,
Seattle, Victoria, Ketchikan, Juneau, Skagway, Icy Strait Point,
Hubbard Glacier (cruising), Sitka, and Prince Rupert.
From a May 17 sailing through September
13 Serenade
will operate seven-day voyages roundtrip from Vancouver to Icy Strait
Point, Hubbard Glacier, Skagway, and Juneau. Serenade’s
final cruise of the year will embark September 20 from Vancouver to San
Diego with visits en route to Sitka, Hubbard Glacier, Skagway, Juneau,
Icy Strait Point, Ketchikan, and Seattle.
Rhapsody
of
the Seas will arrive in Alaska waters following a trans
Pacific crossing that begins May 7 in Shanghai, China. The 16-night
voyage to Seattle will include Kobe, Tokyo (Yokohama), and Sendai, all
in Japan, then Petropavlovsk, Russia. Alaska ports include Dutch
Harbor, Kodiak, Icy Strait Point, Hubbard Glacier (cruising), and
Ketchikan. On May 23 the 2,000-guest vessel will begin a series of
Seattle-based Friday roundtrip sailings which call at Juneau, Skagway,
Tracy Arm Fjord/Sawyer Glacier (cruising) and Prince Rupert, B.C.
Radiance
of
the Seas (2,100 guests) will inaugurate its 2008
season on May 23 with a series of one-way north- or south-bound Gulf
and Glaciers Route sailings on alternate Fridays between Vancouver and
Seward (with access to Anchorage). En route stops or cruising areas
will include Ketchikan, Juneau, Skagway, Icy Strait Point, and Hubbard
Glacier. Season closer will be a 14-night cruise from Vancouver to San
Diego with port calls in Ketchikan, Juneau, Skagway, Hubbard Glacier
(cruising), Icy Strait Point, Sitka, Seattle, Astoria, and San
Francisco.
Mid-Size Vessels
REGENT
SEVEN SEAS CRUISES; www.TheRegentExperience.com;
1-800-285-1835 (formerly Radisson Seven Seas Cruises); The luxurious
708-guest vessel Seven
Seas
Mariner returns to Alaska in 2008 offering three options:
one 11-night sailing from San Francisco to Seward, May 16-27; 14
seven-night voyages May 27 to September 3 between Vancouver and Seward
(visiting Juneau, Skagway, Sitka, Ketchikan, and cruising Tracy Arm and
Hubbard Glacier); plus one seven-night roundtrip Vancouver to Southeast
Alaska September 3-10.
SILVERSEA
CRUISES; www.silversea.com; 1-877-215-9986; The 382-guest Silver Shadow
continues its even-year Alaska cruising pattern with a return in 2008
to Alaska and the North American west coast. The luxury-class vessel
offers 10 voyages featuring eight different itineraries that offer port
calls – depending on specific sailing – at
Ketchikan, Wrangell, Sitka, Juneau, Skagway, Valdez, and Seward.
Glacier cruising sites (again depending on specific voyage) include
Glacier Bay, Tracy Arm Fjord and Sawyer Glacier, and College Fjord in
Prince William Sound.
Smaller Ships
AMERICAN
SAFARI CRUISES; www.amsafari.com; 1-888-862-8881. ASC will
position no fewer than four of its elegant yachts in Alaska this year.
(Five ships, actually, but one is a charter operation.)
Safari Explorer, the cruiseline's
newly acquired 150-foot, 36-guest yacht will sail a season-long
seven-night, eight day roundtrip cruise from Juneau starting May 30,
with a minimum of one full day spent exploring the mind-boggling
glaciers, wildlife, rookeries, mountains, and bays in Glacier Bay
National Park and Preserve.
Safari Escape (12 guests) will do
eight-night one-way cruises between Juneau and Prince Rupert starting
May 14 and sailing weekly through its last embarkation August 26.
Safari Quest (27 guests) will do seven-night one-way
cruises between Juneau and
Sitka, including two full days exploring Glacier Bay. Season starts
May 24 with the last cruise departing September 6.
Safari Spirit (12 guests) will sail seven-night one-way
cruises between Juneau and Petersburg, starting May 17 and going
through its last departure.
August 30.
Safari
Legacy (6
guests), another recent
addition to the ASC fleet (but not included in our "cruiseship" totals
because it is basically a six-guest charter option and is not available
on a per-berth basis) will accommodate families, friends'
groups, and business associates on a summer-long series of 7-night
round trips out of Juneau.
Fourteen-night repositioning cruises,
Seattle/Juneau and reverse, will start and close the season. Safari Escape
departs northbound April 30 from Seattle and southbound from Juneau on
September 3; Safari
Quest departs Juneau September 13; and Safari Spirit sails
northbound from Seattle May 3 and southbound from Juneau September 6.
American Safari’s special
"Kids In Nature" (KIN) cruises will be offered aboard the Safari Quest on
sailings June 28, and July 19. For these departures adults are invited
to bring their children with them at 50 percent off the usual rates.
There are programs, events, and goodies for the kiddies. At the
conclusion of each sailing the captain will present a signed graduation
certificate from the "University of Whales," a pair of good binoculars,
and a video of themselves doing things and having fun during the
week’s cruise.
THE
BOAT COMPANY; www.theboatcompany.com; 1-360-697-4242. The
company returns to Southeast Alaska in 2008 with its two vessels Liseron
(20 guests) and Mist
Cove (24). No ordinary ships, these. Liseron started her
maritime career as a 144-foot 1940’s wartime minesweeper. She
is now refurbished to decidedly upscale status, Mist Cove is an
equally comfortable 152-foot replica. Between the two, 30 sailings are
on tap for 2008, sailing Juneau to Sitka or reverse in waters that
emphasize natural areas, glacier settings, wildlife on shore and wild
critters of the sea.
Activities are varied, among them
shoreline walks with trained naturalists, fishing, kayak adventures,
and hikes that range from gentle strolls to vigorous hikes for the
hardy among virgin rainforests.
CRUISE
WEST; www.cruisewest.com; 1-800-888-9378. Cruise West, the
nation’s largest small ship cruising line, has announced that
eight of their vessels will operate in Alaska in 2008. The vessels and
their cruises are:
Spirit of Alaska (78 guests): June–August,
8-nights, “Wilderness Inside Passage,” round-trip
from Juneau to Gastineau Channel, Tracy Arm, Sitka, Frederick Sound,
Icy Strait, Elfin Cove, Glacier Bay National Park and a port call at a
remote Alaskan Village. Spirit of
Columbia (78): May–August, 3–4 nights,
Prince William Sound, Glacier Wonderland, round-trip from
Anchorage/Whittier to College Fjord and Esther Passage, Icy Strait,
Cordova (on 4-day only), Change Glacier & Knight Island..
Spirit of Discovery (84): June–August, 8-nights,
“Wilderness Inside Passage,” round-trip from Juneau
to Gastineau Channel, Tracy Arm, Sitka, Frederick Sound, Icy Strait,
Elfin Cove, Glacier Bay National Park and a port call at a remote
Alaskan Village. Gold Rush Inside Passage between Juneau and Seattle,
10-nights, May and September. Spirit of
Endeavor (102): May–September, 8 nights,
“Alaska Inside Passage” between Juneau and
Ketchikan via Misty Fjords, Metlakatla, Petersburg, Frederick Sound,
Tracy Arm, Sitka, Glacier Bay, Skagway and Haines. Spirit of Nantucket
(102): May–August, 3- and 4-night “Glacier Bay
Highlights” featuring 2-nights in Glacier Bay,
“Gold Rush Inside Passage” between Juneau and
Seattle, 10-nights, May and September.
Spirit of Yorktown (138): May–September, 8
nights, “Alaska Inside Passage” between Juneau and
Ketchikan via Misty Fjords, Metlakatla, Petersburg, Frederick Sound,
Tracy Arm, Sitka, Glacier Bay, Skagway and Haines. Spirit of
’98 (96): May–September, 8 nights,
“Alaska Inside Passage” between Juneau and
Ketchikan via Misty Fjords, Metlakatla, Petersburg, Frederick Sound,
Tracy Arm, Sitka, Glacier Bay, Skagway and Haines.
All vessels above except Spirit of Oceanus
offer "Gold Rush Inside Passage" positioning cruises between Juneau and
Seattle, 10-nights, May and September.
Spirit of Oceanus (120): May–September,
12-nights, “Coastal Odyssey” Alaska between
Vancouver and Whittier via Metlakatla, Misty Fjords, Petersburg,
Skagway, Glacier Bay, Sitka, Tracy Arm, Prince William Sound. Cruise
can be combined with Bering Sea cruise below for a 24-night sailing,
“In Harriman’s Wake.” July, 13-nights,
“Voyage to the Bering Sea,” from Whittier to Nome
via Kodiak, Katmai National Park, Shumagin Islands, Dutch Harbor,
Pribilof Islands, remote islands in the Yukon Delta National Wildlife
Refuge and Russia’s Chukotka Peninsula, Arctic Circle, Bering
Sea.
DISCOVERY
VOYAGES; www.discoveryvoyages.com; 1-800-324-7602 or
1-907-653-1957 from Canada; This small but highly regarded cruise
operator has again scheduled a varied menu of nature-oriented cruises
within glacier-rich Prince William Sound aboard Discovery,
a refurbished former missionary vessel. Tours include accommodations in
Anchorage before and after each cruise with private van transfers
between Anchorage and the port of Whittier. Clients may opt to take the
Alaska Railroad one-way Anchorage/Whittier and the company will make
reservations for an additional fee.
First departure for 2008 will be May 3,
a Spring Birding and Wildlife adventure in 13 days/12 nights. Among
other varied cruising options that follow:
June 10-17, an eight-day/seven-night
Hike & Kayak experience; June 16-23, eight-day/seven-night
Solstice Voyage during the maximum daylight days of the year; June
22-28, the company’s seven-day/six-night Classic; June
27-July 4, Discovery Voyage in eight days/seven nights; July 3-10,
eight day/seven nights Adventurer for the energetic traveler; July
9-15, Hike & Kayak Voyage in seven days/6 nights;
July 14-21, a Photo Voyage for
shutterbugs both advanced and newbie in eight days and seven nights;
July 20-27, an eight days/seven nights Discovery Voyage; July 26-Aug 2,
a Day Hike & Kayak experience in eight days/seven nights;
August 2-6, sold out; August 6-13, eight days/seven nights
Adventurer; August 12-19, Whale Watch in
eight days/seven nights;
August 18-24, seven-day/six night
Classic; August 28-September 3, seven-day/six-night Classic; September
2-9: final cruise of the season will be a Discovery cruise in eight
days/seven nights.
LINDBLAD
EXPEDITIONS; www.expeditions.com; 1-800-EXPEDITION.
Lindblad’s twin vessels National
Geographic Sea Lion and National
Geographic Sea Bird (62 passengers each) will
return to Alaska in 2008 with the passenger-pleasing cruise options the
line has offered for years. The season opens with11-night northbound
positioning cruises (called “Alaska, British Columbia, and
San Juan Islands” on April 29 or 30, 2008, depending on
vessel) and closes with departures southbound September 6 or 7, again
depending on ship). The cruise extensively explores the Inside Passage
between Seattle and Juneau.
The company’s season-long
staple is a seven nights’ one-way cruise starting May 10 and
11 between Juneau and Sitka called “Alaska's
Coastal Wilderness.” The 23 weekly one-way journeys (with National Geograpic Sea Lion
sailing one direction, National
Geographic Sea Bird the other) feature Tracy Arm fjord and
twin Sawyer glaciers, Petersburg, whale watching in Frederick Sound and
in Point Adolphus, plus cruising in Glacier Bay National Park.
Activities on all cruises include kayaking among icebergs, beach hikes,
and listening to actual below-the-surface “whale
songs” on the ships' hydrophones.
MAJESTIC
AMERICA LINE; www.MajesticAmericaLine.com; 1-800-434-1232.
The company will return the authentic sternwheeler Empress of
the North (223 guests) to saltwater cruising in
Southeast Alaska in 2008. The ship will explore the myriad
thick-forested islands and mountain-rimmed mainland shores of Southeast
Alaska in 2008, taking in glaciers, fjords, and Southeastern
communities. Also among passenger things-to-do: viewing the Alaska
panhandle’s extensive wild critters ashore, in the sea, and
in the air. That said, if you want to cruise Alaska with this line
you'll have to book a sailing before August 2, 2008. That will be the
last sailing date for the Empress in
Alaska. Majestic has announced the line is for sale and will not
be active in Alaska in 2009.
MAPLE
LEAF ADVENTURES; www.MapleLeafAdventures.com;
1-888-599-5323. This small company offers something unique among the
lines operating in the Alaska cruise trade: The company’s
ship Maple
Leaf is an authentic “tall ship”
sailing schooner more than a century old. The vessel’s guest
capacity per trip hovers around eight.
In 2008 the vessel will make one-way
voyages (under sail whenever possible) departing northbound or
southbound between Prince Rupert, B.C. and Juneau. First day of the
first sailing (called “Alaska Super Voyage”) will
commence May 31 with a “land day” in Prince Rupert
visiting the sights of the city, meeting new friends, and becoming
oriented. The vessel will depart Prince Rupert June 1 and arrive in
Juneau June 12.
The ship’s second sailing
(called simply “Alaska’s Inside Passage”)
is a southbound return to Prince Rupert and will also begin with a
“land day” – this time in Juneau on June
13. Journey’s end will come June 21 with arrival in Prince
Rupert. Sites and sights throughout the voyage include Tracy Arm fjord
and twin Sawyer glaciers, a sea lion haul out, humpback whale viewing
(as well as encounters with orcas and porpoises), soaking in warm
springs on Baranof Island, kayak excursions, beach hikes, and a visit
to historic Sitka,
Ferries
ALASKA
MARINE HIGHWAY SYSTEM; www.FerryAlaska.com;
1-800-642-0066. This state agency will, in 2008, continue its operation
of an extensive fleet of 11 large and small passenger and vehicle ships
serving Southeast, Southcentral, and even (in summer) Aleutian Islands
communities. The vessels range from the 931-passenger Columbia
(serving Southeastern Alaska and even Bellingham, Washington) to the
149-passenger Lituya
which operates between Ketchikan and
nearby Metlakatla.
In between are the Southeast-based
ferries Malaspina
(745 passengers), Matanuska
(701), Taku
(370), and Kennicott
(748). The latter vessel also provides connecting voyages between
Southeast and Southcentral Alaska. One or two ships, depending on
season, offer connections to Bellingham, Washington. The ocean-going Tustumena
(220) connects Kodiak with the Southcentral Alaska mainland and, in
summer, with ports in the Aleutians.
Newest additions to the fleet are the
speedy passenger and vehicle catamaran ferries Fairweather
(250), serving Southeast Alaska and the Fairweather’s sister
ship Lituya,
which operates from Cordova into Prince William Sound. Smaller ferries Aurora
(300) and LeConte
(300) provide service for locals and Alaska visitors from Southeast
mainline ports to smaller towns and villages. The Alaska Marine Highway
System accepts reservations for summer ferry trips starting in the
preceding December of each year.
BC
FERRIES; www.bcferries.com. Phone 1-888-BCFERRY. 1-866-
308-4848. The newly acquired (and extensively refurbished) passenger
and vehicle ferry Northern
Adventure (600 passengers, 101 vehicles)
provides an alternative option for ferry travel from the
“lower 48” states or from Canada to Southeast
Alaska.
The 384-foot vessel sails north or south
on alternate days in summer between Port Hardy at the northern end of
highway-accessible Vancouver Island and the Canadian mainland port of
Prince Rupert. This community is the turnaround port for many Alaska
ferries serving Ketchikan and other cities in Southeast Alaska.
INTER-ISLAND
FERRY AUTHORITY; www.interislandferry.com; 1-866-
308-4848. The IFA operates two ferry vessels – the
200-passenger
Stikine which entered service in 2006 and the 160-guest Prince of
Wales that
inaugurated IFA service between Prince of Wales Island and Ketchikan in
2002. For 2008 the former vessel will sail daily between
Ketchikan and Hollis on Prince of Wales Island during the summer while
the Prince of Wales
will provide three round trip sailings each week from Coffman Cove on
POW island to Wrangell and to Mitkoff Island where travelers can drive
25 miles to Petersburg. During fall-winter-spring the Prince of Wales
will operate daily between Hollis and Ketchikan.
Sprawling POW is the second biggest
island in Alaska and is largely uninhabited but boasts an extensive
highway network of former logging roads. A number of small communities,
lodges, fishing camps, and camping/RV sites are located there as well.
Wildlife is abundant. For more details link to Cruise
Alaska by Ferry
Foreign-Boarding International
Cruise Options
In addition to the 15 U.S.-based
cruiselines sending vessels to Alaska in 2008, four foreign-based lines
will additionally dispatch ships on world cruises which will include
port calls in Alaska. Many such foreign-origin cruises are bi-lingual
(i.e. Japanese-English; German-English) but some are one language only.
If this is a consideration, make inquiry before you book passage. Here
are links to 2008’s Alaska-visiting globe-sailing
cruiselines. Contact them regarding ships and sailing details.
ASUKA
CRUISES, 81-3-3284-6001; www.asukacruise.co.jp.
(Website is in Japanese.)
HAPAG-LLOYD,
1-800-782-3924; www.euroloyd.com
THE
PEACE BOAT, 011 + 81 + 3 + 3363-8047 (Japanese, English,
Spanish). www.peaceboat.org.
VENUS
CRUISE, 001 + 81 6 6347 1496; www.venus-cruise.co.jp.
(Website is in Japanese.)
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