Fodor's The Complete Guide to Alaska Cruises

by Fodor's Travel Publications

Overview

Whether you want to go bear-watching on Kodiak Island, cruise through Glacier Bay, or fish for salmon in Sitka Bay, the local Fodor’s travel experts in Alaska are here to help! Fodor’s The Complete Guide to Alaska Cruises guidebook is packed with maps, carefully curated recommendations, and everything else you need to simplify your trip-planning process and make the most of your time. This new edition has been fully-redesigned with an easy-to-read layout, fresh information, and beautiful color photos.

Fodor’s The Complete Guide to Alaska Cruises includes:

• AN ILLUSTRATED ULTIMATE EXPERIENCES GUIDE to the top things to see and do
• DETAILED REVIEWS of all the cruise lines and their ships that cruise in Alaska
• MORE THAN 22 DETAILED MAPS AND A FREE PULL-OUT MAP to help you navigate confidently
• COLOR PHOTOS throughout to spark your wanderlust!
• HONEST RECOMMENDATIONS on the best sights, restaurants, shopping, performing arts, activities, shore excursions, and more
• PHOTO-FILLED “BEST OF” FEATURES on “What to Eat and Drink in Alaska,” “What to Buy in Alaska,” “Best Wildlife Experiences in Alaska,” “Best Shore Excursions in Alaska,” and more
• TRIP-PLANNING TOOLS AND PRACTICAL TIPS including when to go, getting around, beating the crowds, and saving time and money
• HISTORICAL AND CULTURAL INSIGHTS providing rich context on the local people, politics, art, architecture, cuisine, music, geography and more
• SPECIAL FEATURES on “Whales of Alaska,” “Alaska's Glaciers,” and “Native Arts and Crafts”
• LOCAL WRITERS to help you find the under-the-radar gems
• UP-TO-DATE COVERAGE ON: Gustavus, Haines, Ketchikan, Juneau, Sitka, Skatway, Kodiak Island, Metlakatla, Homer, Petersburg, Anchorage, Valdez, Wrangell, Victoria, Vancouver, Seattle, and more.

Planning on visiting other destinations in the Pacific Northwest? Check out Fodor’s Seattle or Fodor's Vancouver & Victoria.

*Important note for digital editions: The digital edition of this guide does not contain all the images or text included in the physical edition.

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Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781640974890
Publisher:	Fodor's Travel Publications, Inc.
Publication date:	04/12/2022
Series:	Full-color Travel Guide
Edition description:	4th ed.
Pages:	384
Sales rank:	74,279
Product dimensions:	5.19(w) x 8.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

For over 80 years, Fodor's Travel has been a trusted resource offering expert travel advice for every stage of a traveler's trip. We hire local writers who know their destinations better than anyone else, allowing us to provide the best travel recommendations for all tastes and budgets in over 7,500 worldwide destinations. Our books make it possible for every trip to be a trip of a lifetime.

Table of Contents

1 Experience an Alaska Cruise 7

20 Ultimate Experiences 8

What's Where 16

What to Eat and Drink in Alaska 18

What to Buy in Alaska 20

Best Wildlife Experiences in Alaska 22

Best Shore Excursions in Alaska 24

Best Bets 26

2 Planning Your Alaska Cruise 29

Choosing Your Cruise 30

Booking Your Cruise 38

Before You Go 39

Arriving and Embarking 40

Onboard 41

Disembarkation 50

3 Cruise Lines and Cruise Ships 59

About the Cruise Lines 60

About the Ships 61

About These Reviews 63

Alaskan Dream Cruises 64

Alaska Marine Highway 68

American Cruise Lines 72

Carnival Cruise Line 76

Celebrity Cruises 84

Crystal Cruises 92

Cunard Line 98

Disney Cruise Line 104

Holland America Line 110

Lindblad Expeditions 120

Norwegian Cruise Line 124

Oceania Cruises 136

Ponant 142

Princess Cruises 146

Regent Seven Seas Cruises 158

Royal Caribbean International 164

Seabourn Cruise Line 172

Silversea Cruises 178

UnCruise Adventures 186

Viking Ocean Cruises 190

Windstar Cruises 196

4 Ports of Embarkation 203

Port Essentials 204

Anchorage 205

San Francisco 213

Seattle 224

Seward 237

Vancouver, British Columbia 241

Whittier 256

5 Ports of Call 259

Going Ashore 260

Alaska Essentials 261

Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve 263

Gustavus 267

Haines 269

Homer 273

Hubbard Glacier 282

Juneau 283

Ketchikan 292

Kodiak 298

Metlakatla 302

Misty Fjords National Monument 303

Petersburg 305

Prince Rupert, British Columbia 309

Prince William Sound 314

Sitka 315

Skagway 324

Tracy Arm 329

Valdez 329

Victoria, British Columbia 331

Wrangell 338

6 Inland Cruise Tour Destinations 343

Fairbanks Denali National 346

Park and Preserve 355

Fortymile Country 363

Yukon Territory 368

Index 377

About Our Writers 384

Maps

Anchorage 208

San Francisco 216

Downtown Seattle and Environs 226

Seward 238

Downtown Vancouver 250

Stanley Park 254

Southeast Alaska 262

South Central Alaska 264

Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve, and Gustavus 266

Haines 270

Juneau 284

Ketchikan 294

Kodiak 300

Petersburg 306

Prince Rupert 311

Sitka 320

Skagway 326

Downtown Victoria 336

Wrangell 340

Fairbanks 348

Denali National Park and Preserve 360

Fortymile Country and the Yukon 365

Dawson City 370

Native Arts and Crafts 275

Alaska's Glaciers 316

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