Diamond Princess = Glaciers????

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rkmccarty

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Hi! My husband and I are planning an Alaskan cruise for next summer. I am leaning toward the 4 night Alaskan sampler on the Diamond Princess. Anyone have any experience with this cruise or on this ship? Any recommendations? We have taken several caribbean cruises but never on Princess.

My big question is this - The cruise goes from Vancouver to Ketchikan and back to Seattle. My son REALLY wants to see a glacier. WIll he get to on this trip???

Thanks so much!!
 
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Snowblower

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You will not see a single glacier on the 4-day sampler.

You will only see a couple if you go on the 7-day round trip cruises from Seattle (Diamond & Sapphire).

If you want the best and see several plus the best scenery, go on one of the one-way "voyage of the glaciers" cruises (Vancouver - Whittier).

Snowblower
 
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Howie

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The only way you will see a glacier if you take the 4 day sampler is if you take a flight seeing tour out of Ketchikan that can take you farther out. As Snowblower said if you want to really see the glaciers take a trip between Vancouver and Whittier with Princess or between Vancouver and Seward on one of the other lines. Princess does do a great job in Alaska.

Some people do roundtrip tours but IMHO they miss the most beautiful sites and glaciers from the ship by doing this. Go as far north as possible.
 
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