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If so, I'd appreciate any insight, tips, advice you can offer. In planning stages right now.
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Yes, cruised to Alaska on the Star Princess several years ago. Actually we did a cruise tour which included a land tour by bus and train after the cruise from Vancouver to Seward, Alaska. The best Alaska cruise for you would be a cruise-tour. The cruise tour allows you to see more of Alaska by land (bus and/or train) either before or after the cruise. The cruise-tours typically afford an opportunity to stay a night or two in/at Denali National Park, Anchorage, Talkeetna, or Fairbanks, Alaska. There are four cruise lines that use the train to transport you from/to the cruise point to/from the park and Fairbanks. The train ride is magnificent and when you do the cruise tour you will have the best opportunity to see wildlife like bears, caribou, moose, fox, wolf, and a few others. These cruise-tours can be from 12 to 15 days or more while normal cruises are 7 days. Cruising the inside passage you will have a very smooth ride and may see a whale only if you get real lucky.
There are several ways to have a cruise to Alaska. You can cruise north from San Francisco, Seattle, or Vancouver, Canada or cruise south from Anchorage (Whittier or Seward). Cruises typically cruise the "inside passage" which is a waterway much like a river where you can in most places see land on both sides of the ship. It provides a very smooth ride on that part of the cruise. Cruises typically go to Juneau (the capitol), and Ketchikan, Skagway, and stop at one or more glaciers like Glacier Bay National Park and College Fjord. Some cruises do other port stops. So you need to pay attention to which itinerary (port stops) the cruises will have.
The 4 cruise lines which offer the cruise-tours and all would be good; Princess Cruise line, Royal Caribbean, Celebrity, and Holland America. All four of these cruise lines use the train for the land tour. But Royal Caribbean, Princess, and Celebrity have special domed train cars that provide great visibility. Not all tour segments are the same so you really have to pay attention to how the land tour is organized and whether it uses the train or buses.
The best time to go on an Alaska cruise is when you can get the best price. The Alaska cruise season is from May to Sept. The best prices will be in May and Sept but you will see the same things as other times. The weather is generally warmer in June, July and Aug, but it can also be pleasant in May and Sept. When we went a few years ago in May it was shirt sleeve weather (70's) in Anchorage and Fairbanks.
It will be pleasant on the ship regardless of when you go and the ship will likely have an indoor pool so you can take swim wear to use the pool, hot tub and clothes for the gym. But it will be cold, and I mean hat, coat and gloves cold, when you get close to the glaciers. So take clothes that you can layer.
Its best to book your cruise early to get the best price and also because cruises do sell out and the best cabins go first. I do recommend a balcony cabin as you'll enjoy your cruise more; be able to see the scenery without leaving your cabin. To pick the best date, go with the dates with the best prices; look on Princess's web site.
Yes, cruised to Alaska on the Star Princess several years ago. Actually we did a cruise tour which included a land tour by bus and train after the cruise from Vancouver to Seward, Alaska. The best Alaska cruise for you would be a cruise-tour. The cruise tour allows you to see more of Alaska by land (bus and/or train) either before or after the cruise. The cruise-tours typically afford an opportunity to stay a night or two in/at Denali National Park, Anchorage, Talkeetna, or Fairbanks, Alaska. There are four cruise lines that use the train to transport you from/to the cruise point to/from the park and Fairbanks. The train ride is magnificent and when you do the cruise tour you will have the best opportunity to see wildlife like bears, caribou, moose, fox, wolf, and a few others. These cruise-tours can be from 12 to 15 days or more while normal cruises are 7 days. Cruising the inside passage you will have a very smooth ride and may see a whale only if you get real lucky.
There are several ways to have a cruise to Alaska. You can cruise north from San Francisco, Seattle, or Vancouver, Canada or cruise south from Anchorage (Whittier or Seward). Cruises typically cruise the "inside passage" which is a waterway much like a river where you can in most places see land on both sides of the ship. It provides a very smooth ride on that part of the cruise. Cruises typically go to Juneau (the capitol), and Ketchikan, Skagway, and stop at one or more glaciers like Glacier Bay National Park and College Fjord. Some cruises do other port stops. So you need to pay attention to which itinerary (port stops) the cruises will have.
The 4 cruise lines which offer the cruise-tours and all would be good; Princess Cruise line, Royal Caribbean, Celebrity, and Holland America. All four of these cruise lines use the train for the land tour. But Royal Caribbean, Princess, and Celebrity have special domed train cars that provide great visibility. Not all tour segments are the same so you really have to pay attention to how the land tour is organized and whether it uses the train or buses.
The best time to go on an Alaska cruise is when you can get the best price. The Alaska cruise season is from May to Sept. The best prices will be in May and Sept but you will see the same things as other times. The weather is generally warmer in June, July and Aug, but it can also be pleasant in May and Sept. When we went a few years ago in May it was shirt sleeve weather (70's) in Anchorage and Fairbanks.
It will be pleasant on the ship regardless of when you go and the ship will likely have an indoor pool so you can take swim wear to use the pool, hot tub and clothes for the gym. But it will be cold, and I mean hat, coat and gloves cold, when you get close to the glaciers. So take clothes that you can layer.
Its best to book your cruise early to get the best price and also because cruises do sell out and the best cabins go first. I do recommend a balcony cabin as you'll enjoy your cruise more; be able to see the scenery without leaving your cabin. To pick the best date, go with the dates with the best prices; look on Princess's web site.
what is the best place in Alaska, to live when just starting out living there?
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the husband and I want to move to Alaska, when the kids are grown, to get away from the lower 48, and to start over, so to speak. We have always wanted to live there, but I don't like the cold, so much, but want to be away from those who may try to do us harm. basically we just want to start over, no kids, no troubles, no BS. What do we need? How to prepare? what to take with us? What not to take? ( obviously, no swimsuits or suntan oil!!) We want to go because we would love to see wildlife, ( I love wolves!) and we want to get away from it all. Any suggestions?? Serious answers please, and preferreably those who have lived there, ok??
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"...but I don't like the cold..." Be prepared for 7-8 mos. of winter!
Anchorage is the largest city by far (270,000), and thus the easiest to get started anew. A milder climate than say Fairbanks, and yet still a major metroplex, and still retaining the "bush" feel.
Fairbanks is the central interior city, and our second largest city (83,000). Fairbanks is a modern community despite the efforts of some to say otherwise, but it does get COLD in winter (-40F and colder).
Valdez, as someone else mentioned is a rather closed community of about 4000. The climate is quite a bit milder, and it does snow a ton.
As far as what to bring??? Plan on any winter in the mid-west and your set. Oh and by the way... bring your swim trunks... Hot tubs at 20 below are fabulous! As for sunscreen??? We are known as the "land of the midnight sun".
Your questions are the type which could take a book to answer, there's an idea... or better yet... check out the links below for the "Readers Digest" version (and make sure you follow the additional links they provide).
There is really far to much information on your question for this forum, but it is readily available on-line to "let your fingers do the walking".
Camai!
"...but I don't like the cold..." Be prepared for 7-8 mos. of winter!
Anchorage is the largest city by far (270,000), and thus the easiest to get started anew. A milder climate than say Fairbanks, and yet still a major metroplex, and still retaining the "bush" feel.
Fairbanks is the central interior city, and our second largest city (83,000). Fairbanks is a modern community despite the efforts of some to say otherwise, but it does get COLD in winter (-40F and colder).
Valdez, as someone else mentioned is a rather closed community of about 4000. The climate is quite a bit milder, and it does snow a ton.
As far as what to bring??? Plan on any winter in the mid-west and your set. Oh and by the way... bring your swim trunks... Hot tubs at 20 below are fabulous! As for sunscreen??? We are known as the "land of the midnight sun".
Your questions are the type which could take a book to answer, there's an idea... or better yet... check out the links below for the "Readers Digest" version (and make sure you follow the additional links they provide).
There is really far to much information on your question for this forum, but it is readily available on-line to "let your fingers do the walking".
Camai!
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