Princess Announces 2010 Alaska Cruise and
Cruisetour Program
Season Features Widest Array of Cruise
Itineraries, More Options to Visit Glacier Bay
National Park, Simplified Cruisetour Choices,
and Convenient New “Seattle Air Advantage”
Package.
SANTA CLARITA, Calif. (April 20, 2009) –
Princess Cruises’ 2010 Alaska program will offer
the most diverse array of opportunities to
experience the “Great Land,” with a simplified
lineup of cruise tour options, more sailings
that include the “must see” destination –
Glacier Bay National Park – and a new “Seattle
Air Advantage” package that turns every cruise
tour into a convenient roundtrip journey.
The lineup will continue to offer passengers the
company’s hallmark Alaska experience, whether at
sea on board amenity-filled ships or on land
with Princess’ signature wilderness lodges and
exclusive Direct to the Wilderness program,
where guests step right from their ship onto
luxury railcars that transport them directly to
magnificent Denali National Park.
Next summer the Princess fleet will offer a
total of 112 Alaska sailings aboard seven ships
offering four itinerary options during the May
to September season. The lineup includes
Diamond Princess, Coral Princess, and
Island Princess traveling on the line’s
popular “Voyage of the Glaciers” route through
the scenic Gulf of Alaska; Golden Princess,
Sapphire Princess and Sea Princess
sailing the Inside Passage from Seattle and San
Francisco, and Royal Princess offering
the line’s small ship experience on an extended
14-day Connoisseur voyage to some of the state’s
less-visited ports.
Princess cruise tours will offer passengers the
opportunity to enjoy an immersive Alaska
experience, combining a seven-day “Voyage of the
Glaciers” cruise with three to eight additional
nights on land exploring Alaska’s interior. All
Princess cruise tours include the company’s
exclusive wilderness lodges, rail travel, plus
the two top attractions in the state – Glacier
Bay National Park and Denali National Park,
where visitors spend at least two nights
exploring the wonders of this area.
“Alaska is indeed ‘The Great Land’ with a myriad
of ways to experience the state, so we wanted to
simplify the choices, and make it easy for our
passengers to find the perfect itinerary
including the breathtaking scenery and wildlife
they came to see,” said Charlie Ball, president
of Princess Tours and senior vice president of
Princess Cruises. “And we’re also making it
easier than ever to travel to Alaska by
introducing a new Seattle roundtrip package for
cruisetours, eliminating the need for one-way
airfare in or out of the state.”
Cruises – Princess offers four ways to
experience the awe-inspiring glaciers, historic
towns and scenic waters of Alaska, with sailings
from seven to 14 days.
•
Voyage of the Glaciers –
The line’s famed Gulf of Alaska route between
Vancouver and Whittier features calls at
Ketchikan, Juneau and Skagway with daylight
cruising in Glacier Bay and the 16 glaciers of
College Fjord (or Hubbard Glacier on southbound
sailings). Three ships, Diamond
Princess, Coral Princess and
Island Princess, will sail on 54 sailings
throughout the season.
•
Inside Passage from Seattle
– Golden Princess and Sapphire
Princess offer convenient seven-day
roundtrip itineraries from Seattle with calls at
Ketchikan, Juneau, Skagway and Victoria, B.C. In
addition, passengers will enjoy dramatic glacier
viewing in Tracy Arm or Glacier Bay National
Park. The two ships will sail on 37 departures.
•
Inside Passage from San
Francisco – Sea Princess returns to
the City by the Bay to offer 13 voyages from San
Francisco on 10-day roundtrip cruises to
Victoria, Juneau, Ketchikan, and either Skagway,
Haines or Icy Strait Point, plus Glacier Bay
National Park or Tracy Arm.
•
Connoisseur Voyage – The
intimate Royal Princess takes over this
extended Alaska route featuring a small ship
cruising experience on a 14-day voyage from
Seattle, featuring the less visited ports of
Kodiak, Icy Strait Point and Seward, plus
Ketchikan, Juneau, Skagway and Victoria, B.C.,
with daylight cruising of Tracy Arm and Glacier
Bay. Royal Princess will sail on eight
Connoisseur voyages.
Cruisetours – Princess introduces a new
simplified cruisetour lineup, making it easy for
passengers tochoose the perfect land/sea Alaska
experience with itineraries ranging from three
to eight nights. All tour options feature at
least two nights in the Denali National Park
area, stays at Princess’ own riverside
wilderness lodges, and a seven-day Voyage of the
Glaciers sailing including Glacier Bay National
Park.
•
Direct to the Wilderness –
Princess’ exclusive direct rail service between
the Whittier cruise terminal and the dramatic
Denali wilderness features seven itinerary
options offering multiple nights at Denali
Princess Wilderness Lodge and/or Mt. McKinley
Princess Wilderness Lodge.
•
Explorer – These
itineraries enable travelers to explore both
Denali and other scenic areas, including the
Kenai Peninsula at Kenai Princess Wilderness
Lodge and Wrangell-St. Elias National Park with
stays at Copper River Princess Wilderness Lodge.
Passengers can even choose to venture to the
state’s far north into the Arctic Circle and
Prudhoe Bay.
•
Deluxe Escorted – Three
cruisetour options offer the services of a
professional tour director and additional time
for passengers to experience the Great Land.
Most meals are also included in these extended
vacations.
New Seattle Air Advantage– With this new
package, any Princess cruise tour can become a
convenient roundtrip vacation from Seattle. This
package includes motorcoach transportation
between Seattle and Vancouver, airfare between
Alaska and Seattle, and an overnight stay in a
Seattle-area hotel. All passengers will need to
do is make arrangements to get themselves to and
from Seattle.
Gulf of Alaska cruises and cruise tours for 2010
are available for reservations on May 7, 2009.
Launch Fares begin at $749 for seven-day
voyages, and $1,649 for cruise tours.
Additional information about Princess Cruises is
available through Alaska Cruise Tours Online, by
calling 1-800-365-1445, or by visiting the
company's website at
to view available sailings
