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Cruises getting even bigger in Alaska
Cruises continue to grow in all directions in Alaska. Some highlights for next summer:
—The lineup of Alaska-bound cruise lines numbers 12 brands making up some 42 ships big and small. Together they offer a variety of choices that includes new vessels, new port calls and new shore tours.
—For the second season in a row, Holland America Line deploys eight ships to the region.
—Norwegian Cruise Line is adding one of its newest ships, the Norwegian Pearl to its Alaska fleet.
—Princess Cruises gets even bigger with a 12% increase in capacity, led by the Alaskan debut of the Golden Princess. Altogether, Princess will have eight ships in Alaska for 2007, including five vessels crossing the Gulf between Vancouver and Whittier.
—On the small-ship front, Cruise West introduces a new name to Alaska cruising when the Yorktown Clipper is renamed the Spirit of Yorktown. For years, this ship has been a fixture on Inside Passage cruises from Juneau.
—The new Majestic America line will introduce the 48-passenger Contessa to Alaska. She’ll sail seven-day cruises between Ketchikan and Sitka.
—Alaska’s only historically styled paddlewheeler, the Empress of the North, returns for a series of seven-night cruises roundtrip from Juneau. New for 2007, the Empress becomes the first cruise ship to enter the mouth of the Stikine River near Wrangell.
As for new port calls, Campbell River, a native community on Vancouver Island, hopes to welcome its first big-ship cruise passengers in spring 2007. Among Campbell River’s attractions is a specially created native village meant to highlight the culture of Canada’s First Nations people.
Report by David Wilkening
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