Alaska Cruise Reviews

This September I was fortunate to stay at the Alyeska Resort near Anchorage on a travel agent tour of the area.  What a resort this is!  Our guide said it was the best resort in all of Alaska, and it did not disappoint. For starters, I liked the mountainous setting of the Alyeska.  Only 40 …

by Tim Larison, co-owner Family Travel Gurus/Larison Travel LLP In September 2012 I sailed on a wonderful day cruise out of Seward, Alaska touring the Kenai Fjords National Park with Major Marine tours.  This was my second experience with Major Marine, I had taken my wife and 11 year old twin boys in 2005 on …

by Tim Larison, co-owner familytravelgurus.com/Larison Travel This September I visited Talkeetna, Alaska for two days.  Talkeetna, on the edge of Denali National Park, gave me a wonderful Alaska experience. I stayed at the Talkeetna Alaskan Lodge just outside of town.  A great property with all the modern conveniences yet located in the middle of the …

Thanks to our client Teresa from Missouri for sharing this trip report of her and her husband’s 7 night Disney Wonder Alaska cruise in June 2012. This was a wonderful cruise! Thank you so much for all the arrangements you made for us.  Everything worked out just like you said it would!!  We  are glad …

Our clients Michele and Paul from Illinois on their Disney Wonder Alaska cruise in August 2011. We had booked them at the Pan Pacific Hotel in Vancouver for a pre-cruise stay, followed by a 7 night Alaska cruise. The Pan Pacific was a beautiful hotel and very conveniently located to the sights of Vancouver. I’m …

Amy from Virginia on her family’s Disney Wonder Alaska cruise in July 2011: We had a great cruise.  The weather was fantastic—”hot” for Alaska (71 degrees) and no rain. We spent four days in Vancouver before the cruise.  Very relaxing.  We stayed at the Pan Pacific, right at the cruise dock at Canada Place.  It …

We had a wonderful cruise and are already planning the next one. Alaska is such a beautiful state. It has been so close to us but we just didn’t think about going. My excuse was that it was too cold. And that wasn’t the case at all except the day we were at the glacier. …

My family’s Alaska 2005 trip was a wonderful adventure, filled with amazing scenery, wildlife viewing, excellent food, and good family times. In this report I will first focus on the different places we visited, and then tell more about our cruise ship – the beautiful Celebrity Summit. I had been to Alaska three of the …

In the late summer of 2003 I had the opportunity to take the trip I had been dreaming about for years – a 7 night Alaska Cruise. I had been to the interior of Alaska in 2002; my 2002 trip made me want to take a Alaska cruise even more. I cannot say enough about …

In the late summer of 2002 I went on a Alaska Land tour with a travel agent group, and I had a great time! The tour was run by Princess Cruise Lines. Princess offers land tours as add-ons to its Alaska cruises (a combination cruise and land tour is called a “cruise tour”), or you …