This cruise line will add Glacier Bay overnights because it doubles capability in Alaska

Nationwide park followers have a brand new cruise possibility in Alaska this 12 months that may embrace an uncommon park perk.

Starting in Might, American Cruise Strains will supply cruisers the uncommon alternative to spend the night time in Glacier Bay Nationwide Park and Protect, a UNESCO World Heritage Website.

American Cruise Strains’ 170-passenger American Structure will be part of sister ship American Constellation in Alaska this 12 months, doubling the road’s capability within the area. The ship will supply 5 Alaska cruise and cruisetour itineraries throughout 25 sail dates. All itineraries will function a Glacier Bay in a single day, which implies guests can have extra time to soak within the space’s tidewater and terrestrial glaciers, seek for wildlife within the park’s backwater bays, and study in regards to the tradition of the Huna Tlingit folks.

The 2 nationwide park cruisetours mix a land-based journey with one of many ship’s Alaska cruises to discover three nationwide parks in a single multiweek trip.

American Structure will bookend its summer time Alaska itineraries with Puget Sound and San Juan Islands sailings departing within the spring and fall.

Alaska sailings on American Structure are scheduled to depart starting in Might 2025, and all embrace an in a single day in Glacier Bay. The ship’s itineraries embrace:

• Eight-night Southeast Alaska cruise, round-trip from Juneau. The ship will go to Glacier Bay Nationwide Park, Tracy Arm and Sawyer Glacier and journey by way of the Wrangell Narrows channel.
• 11-night Alaskan Explorer cruise, round-trip from Juneau. The ship will go to Glacier Bay Nationwide Park, Sitka and Petersburg and sail the Inside Passage, Tracy Arm and Frederick Sound.
• 15-night Alaska Inside Passage cruise from Seattle to Juneau (or vice versa). Highlights embrace cruising alongside the Inside Passage, Frederick Sound, the Queen Charlotte Strait and the Strait of Georgia.

American Structure’s two nationwide park-focused itineraries mix a cruise with a land tour to go to three nationwide parks in Alaska, together with an in a single day in Glacier Bay. The itineraries are:

• 15-night Alaska Nationwide Parks cruise and land tour. The itinerary begins in Fairbanks with a seven-night overland journey to Denali Nationwide Park and Kenai Fjords Nationwide Park, with time in Seward and Anchorage. From Anchorage, you may fly to Juneau to board your ship for an eight-night cruise that visits Glacier Bay Nationwide Park, in addition to a handful of less-touristed cruise ports, comparable to Haines, Petersburg and Wrangell.
• 18-night Grand Alaska Nationwide Parks cruise and land tour. This itinerary begins with the identical weeklong land tour because the shorter itinerary, however it provides an 11-night cruise round-trip from Juneau. Highlights embrace cruising Glacier Bay Nationwide Park, the Inside Passage and Frederick Sound.

Fares for the Southeast Alaska voyages begin at $6,125 for a deluxe water-view cabin (single balcony and single water-view cabins on most itineraries are presently bought out). Fares for Alaskan Explorer sailings begin at $8,525, whereas costs for Alaska Inside Passage sailings begin at $9,200.

Costs for the Alaska Nationwide Parks voyages begin at $14,425 for a deluxe water-view cabin (a July crusing is already bought out). Fares for the Grand Alaska Nationwide Parks cruise begin at $16,975.

All fares are per particular person, based mostly on double occupancy (together with taxes and charges) and topic to availability.

American Cruise Strains operates the nation’s largest fleet of riverboats and small cruise ships, every carrying between 90 and 180 passengers. They sail solely to U.S. ports throughout 35 states.

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