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Alaska Cruise Vacation

Written by VacationIdea.com Travel Editors.
Alaska is one of the most popular cruise vacation destinations in the summer months. Major cruise lines offer Alaska cruise itineraries ranging in lengths from a few days to several weeks. Many itineraries incorporate stays in land-based lodges an a variety of exciting excursions.

If you cruise in Alaska in June and July, days will be the longest and the warmest, giving you plenty of time to explore the natural beauty of remote Alaskan destinations.

Norwegian Cruise Line offers five to seven-day Alaska cruise vacation itineraries, including Pacific Coastal from Los Angeles to Vancouver, Alaska Glacier Bay, and Alaska Sawyer Glacier. Vacationers can choose a round-trip itinerary from Seattle, round-trip from Vancouver, Seattle - Vancouver, or Vancouver - Seattle. Both Norwegian Sun and Norwegian Sky offer Alaska cruise vacations May through September.

Crystal Cruises offers ten to 12-day Alaska cruise vacations aboard its luxury 940-passenger ship Crystal Harmony. From May to September, 2003, guests can cruise a round-trip Alaska & Canada itinerary from San Francisco. The cruise ship will visit the Inside Passage, Sitka, Hubbard Glacier, Skagway, Juneau, Ketchikan, and Victoria, BC.

Several of the Royal Caribbean Cruise Line' ships sail in Alaska on 7-day itineraries. Radiance of the Seas sails round-trip from Vancouver, visiting Ketchikan, Skagway, Juneau, Sitka and Seward. On shore activities include hiking, a helicopter adventure, high-speed catamaran cruise, and mountain biking.


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Written By the Travel Editors at VacationIdea.com, Last Update: Dec 24, 2002