Alaska Cruise

My friend and I booked a 2 week Caribbean cruise with Carnival over
three years ago, every year something has come up in the winter months
causing us to delay it to next winter. Now it looks like there will
be a problem this year too.

Carnival's Alaska trips don't have the same appeals as some of the
other cruise lines (Princess is the one we are looking at now). Does
anyone have reasons to recommend any other lines for the months Jan,
Feb?

We would like to budget less than $2800 per person.

Thanks for any suggestions, even if it is just to stay with Princess.

On Tue, 25 Oct 2011 12:23:18 -0700 (PDT), Earl_Colby_Pottinger
wrote:

My friend and I booked a 2 week Caribbean cruise with Carnival over
three years ago, every year something has come up in the winter months
causing us to delay it to next winter. Now it looks like there will
be a problem this year too.

Carnival's Alaska trips don't have the same appeals as some of the
other cruise lines (Princess is the one we are looking at now). Does
anyone have reasons to recommend any other lines for the months Jan,
Feb?

We would like to budget less than $2800 per person.

Thanks for any suggestions, even if it is just to stay with Princess.

Are there cruises to Alaska in the winter?

On 10/25/2011 5:09 PM, Brian wrote:

Are there cruises to Alaska in the winter?

Not with the traditional cruise lines! If you can find something that
time of year, it will most likely be a small ship cruise or a charter.

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On Oct 25, 9:27*pm, RayC wrote:
On 10/25/2011 5:09 PM, Brian wrote:

Are there cruises to Alaska in the winter?

Not with the traditional cruise lines! *If you can find something that
time of year, it will most likely be a small ship cruise or a charter.

And I am sure they are not in my budget!

Originally Posted by Earl_Colby_Pottinger

On Oct 25, 9:27*pm, RayC wrote:
On 10/25/2011 5:09 PM, Brian wrote:

Are there cruises to Alaska in the winter?

Not with the traditional cruise lines! *If you can find something that
time of year, it will most likely be a small ship cruise or a charter.

And I am sure they are not in my budget!

Me too. I have never been on cruise but I suppose that a typical Alaska cruise in the winter will be quite expensive. Also we have two little kids and I suppose that is not the most appropriate vacation.

On 11/11/2011 6:16 AM, JasmineEvans wrote:

Me too. I have never been on cruise but I suppose that a typical Alaska
cruise in the winter will be quite expensive. Also we have two little
kids and I suppose that is not the most appropriate vacation.



You are probably right about the two little kids. Winter temperatures
are brutal so you need to stay inside in the nice cozy ship. They have
four seasons in Alaska... almost winter, winter, more winter and road
construction. And out on the water can feel like it is colder than it
is. No fun for kids.

But as for the expense, it is actually cheaper to do a winter cruise
than to do a warmer season cruise. The trick is finding the small
ships. They don't advertise very well. It took me several tries to find
a site that listed several cruise companies at:
http://www.visitwildalaska.com/Small_Ship_Cruises




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On Oct 25, 8:09*pm, Brian wrote:

Are there cruises to Alaska in the winter?

Yes, I am dumb, dumb, dumb. My mind was too much on the Caribbean
cruise, stupid me.

Yes, I want to cruise during the summer months, I am *NOT* a winter
person at all.

Sorry, about the dumb dates.

On Sat, 29 Oct 2011 09:33:11 -0700 (PDT), Earl_Colby_Pottinger
wrote:

On Oct 25, 8:09*pm, Brian wrote:

Are there cruises to Alaska in the winter?

Yes, I am dumb, dumb, dumb. My mind was too much on the Caribbean
cruise, stupid me.

Yes, I want to cruise during the summer months, I am *NOT* a winter
person at all.

Sorry, about the dumb dates.

We took a cruise on Celebrity and enjoyed it. We were with a group and
so didn't have a say in the schedule. While we enjoyed it, the cruise
was 7 days round trip from Vancouver. If we did it again, I would want
a cruise that only went one way and then take another form of
transportation the other way.

On 10/30/11 8:37 PM, Brian wrote:
On Sat, 29 Oct 2011 09:33:11 -0700 (PDT), Earl_Colby_Pottinger
wrote:

On Oct 25, 8:09 pm, wrote:

Are there cruises to Alaska in the winter?

Yes, I am dumb, dumb, dumb. My mind was too much on the Caribbean
cruise, stupid me.

Yes, I want to cruise during the summer months, I am *NOT* a winter
person at all.

Sorry, about the dumb dates.

We took a cruise on Celebrity and enjoyed it. We were with a group and
so didn't have a say in the schedule. While we enjoyed it, the cruise
was 7 days round trip from Vancouver. If we did it again, I would want
a cruise that only went one way and then take another form of
transportation the other way.


We did the round trip from Vancouver as well. We preferred doing a
number of days ahead of time in Vancouver instead of up in Danali. But
we've already seen Tundra in the northern parts of Norway, and I camped
in the Rockies during my youth, so time in Vancouver was a higher
attraction.

On Mon, 31 Oct 2011 17:19:54 -0400, Tom K
wrote:


We did the round trip from Vancouver as well. We preferred doing a
number of days ahead of time in Vancouver instead of up in Danali. But
we've already seen Tundra in the northern parts of Norway, and I camped
in the Rockies during my youth, so time in Vancouver was a higher
attraction.


We flew into Seattle, spent a couple of days there, took the ferry to
Victoria and then the ferry to Vancouver. I think we spent 3 nights in
each place.