This was such a great trip! Out of the several cruises we have made to Alaska this is by far our favourite route and itinerary.
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Sun Princess - Alaska
May 24 - 31, 2004 Whittier, Alaska to Vancouver BC
Cruise: Gulf of Alaska -
Voyage of the Glaciers: Whittier/Vancouver
INDEX PAGE Pre-Cruise We have visited Alaska on a couple of previous cruises, but this was the first time we were to try out the one-way route by flying to Anchorage. Usually some of the best priced Alaska cruises are the one-way cruises. After a check with Alaska Airlines, I found a $200 fare that would take us from Seattle to Anchorage one-way. That's what made it possible for us since usually the air fare to Anchorage is quite fierce. I'm glad I checked with Alaska Airlines or we wouldn't have done the trip. A very nice thing about this trip also was that the ship left on a Monday and returned on a holiday Monday. So we were able to fly out on Friday afternoon, May 21 and spend 3 nights at the Mt. McKinley Princess Wilderness Lodge and still have a 7 night cruise on a one week vacation. We mostly like to have independence when traveling, so we booked the Princess McKinley directly and had a rental car set when we arrived in Anchorage. The drive out of town was about 2 1/2 hours to the lodge. We spend the next 3 days in and around Denali National and State Parks. I took many pictures of the area, click on the pictures below to see them and more review.
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A view towards Mt. McKinley as we were driving up the road to the lodge after arriving in Anchorage. This is in Denali State Park. |
The next day we drove to Denali National Park and enjoyed many views like this along the way. |
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Click here or the photos above for the review and pages for more of Princess Mt. McKinley Wilderness Lodge and Denali National Park |
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We had three glacier days on our trip. The first one was the day of embarkation, we arrived in Whittier where we were to meet up with the Sun Princess, and took a glacier cruise on a local tour boat for the afternoon. The next day, we returned to College Fjord / Prince William Sound on the Sun Princess, then the next day we spent in Glacier Bay. This picture is aboard the Klondike Express. from our day cruise from Whittier. |
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