About Mike Miller...
Mike Miller
of Juneau, publisher of
AlaskaCruisingReport.com, is one of Alaska's best known travel writers.
He and his wife Marilyn arrived in the then-Territory of Alaska in
1954. Since then his Alaska stories have appeared in hundreds of
newspapers and magazines. Book and book-chapter credits include Fodor’s
Guides, Globe-Pequot, Insight Guides, Sierra Club Books, The Milepost
and more. Magazines that have published his stories over the years have
varied from Alaska Magazine and Field and Stream to Home & Away
(an AAA publication} and the travel agency magazine TravelAge West.
Among newspapers that have carried his by-line have been the New York Times, Chicago Tribune, and Toronto Star. His annual roundup of Alaska-bound ships and cruises has been picked up by publications throughout the U.S. and Canada - from the Miami Herald on America's southeast coast to the northwest's Seattle Post-Intelligencer plus dozens of other papers in between. Mike lives and works (and plans his own cruises) from the Juneau home and office that he and Marilyn share on the shores of Gastineau Channel, overlooking the city’s cruiseship dock.
This site contains links to websites pertaining to cruiselines, port cities, convention and visitor bureaus, chambers of commerce, government agencies, and other entities which we believe to be useful in planning Alaska cruise and state ferry travel. Please be aware that we have no control over the privacy practices of these organizations.
Mike Miller is a Senior Active Member of the
Society of American Travel Writers.So... again a hearty welcome to AlaskaCruisingReport.com! We hope you will bookmark this site and visit us often.
– M.M.
The www.AlaskaCruisingReport.com Site Map
You might wonder what this website is all about. Quite simply our goal is to provide you with the single most complete, most informative, most up-to-date, most all-in-one-place source of Alaska cruising information on the web. Here's what you will find on these pages:
Home page (http://www.alaskacruisingreport.com/index.html) prompts you to important Alaska cruising and ferry travel reports throughout the website.
Current Alaska Cruises (http://www.alaskacruisingreport.com/current.html) covers every single ship and line offering Alaska cruises.
Cruise Alaska by Ferry (http://www.alaskacruisingreport.com/ferry.html) gives you the lowdown on do-it-yourself cruising aboard the comfortable ships of the Alaska Marine Highway System.
Alaska Family Cruising (http://www.alaskacruisingreport.com/family.html) describes pleasant options - for tykes through teens - aboard Alaska-bound cruise vessels.
ABCs of Alaska Cruising (http://www.alaskacruisingreport.com/abc.html) tells you what your choices are: bigs ships, even bigger ships (called "mega"), mid-size vessels, and small ships. This section also details the four "flavors" of Alaska cruising.
Cruisetours (http://www.alaskacruisingreport.com/cruisetours.html) explains how to extend your Alaska experience with land, rail, and air tours - to hugely expand and enhance your Alaska sea-going cruise.
Ports of Call (http://www.alaskacruisingreport.com/ports.html) links you to every cruise and ferry port in Alaska, plus embarkation ports in the "Lower 48"states and British Columbia.
FAQs and Health Tips (http://www.alaskacruisingreport.com/faqs.html), as the name implies. covers Frequently Asked Questions - questions like what clothes you should pack and easy ways to help you avoid a virus at sea.
Shore Excursions (http://www.alaskacruisingreport.com/excursions.html) discusses your options in port from sled dog mushing on frozen glaciers to whitewater rafting, kayaking, trail hikes, gold panning, and self-guided community walking tours
Great Alaska Cruise Books (http://www.alaskacruisingreport.com/books.html) covers the waterfront (literally) from an outstanding cruiseship guide (more than 250 vessels reviewed) to reliable Alaska cruising guidebooks. We even cover James A. Mitchener's historical opus about the land which would become the 49th State of the U.S.A.
Sanitation Inspections (http://www.alaskacruisingreport.com/sanitation.html) keeps you current on reports from the federal Vessel Sanitation Program (VSP), a function of the Centers for Disease Control (CDC). More than 170 cruise vessels undergo inspections in U.S. ports twice each year. Some pass with flying colors; a few (mercifully very few) flunk miserably. The site provides easy links so you can check out the ship you are planning to sail with.
Alaska Cruise Trivia (http://www.alaskacruisingreport.com/trivia.html) is a fun little quiz that, hopefully, will both entertain and educate you.
News From the Cruiselines (http://www.alaskacruisingreport.com/news.html) as the name implies, presents timely cruise news from the companies themselves,
Valuable Links (http://www.alaskacruisingreport.com/links.html) provides you with additional online sources of Alaska cruising info.
About Us (http://www.alaskacruisingreport.com/sitemap.html) is (duh...) right where you are looking right now.
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