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November 5, 2010 | Author: CruiseSavvyGal
When I was working on cruise ships there was this unwritten code about things we were not supposed to discuss with passengers. And I always thought one day, when I was no longer in their employment, I would finally be able to provide some sound advice for [Read more]
Posted in: Cruises | 7 comments
August 25, 2010 | Author: ColoradoGal
My family has just returned from an incredible 7-day Holland America cruise of Alaska's Inside Passage and Glacier Bay National Park. This trip, which began and ended in Vancouver, Canada, held a lot of firsts for us. For my husband, kids and I, it was our [Read more]
Posted in: Cruises, Family Travel | 11 comments
August 4, 2010 | Author: SoCalGal
Here's a video of a brown bear sighting in Ford's Terror, in the Endicott Arm fjord/Tracy Arm-Ford's Terror Wilderness area of southeast Alaska. Guests of the Fantasy Cruises' small ship cruise through Alaska's Inside Passage saw several brown bears; our [Read more]
Posted in: Cruises | 3 comments
July 27, 2010 | Author: SaltCityGal
We had officially lost our minds. We decided to take our baby girl who was almost nine months old on our Alaskan cruise. Sure she has been on over thirty flights, ten states, and a foreign country, but a cruise was a whole new ballgame. We were excited, [Read more]
Posted in: Cruises, Travel Tips | 9 comments
July 23, 2010 | Author: SoCalGal
Glacier calving pictures and videos show images of Earth's changing surface. Alaska small cruise ship vacations are excellent ways to experience the Inside Passage, and glacier tours are even more interesting with glacier calving that can be captured in [Read more]
Posted in: Cruises, Destinations, Romantic Getaways | 6 comments
July 20, 2010 | Author: SoCalGal
Small cruise ships in Alaska's Inside Passage are able to provide travelers with incredible, uniquely Alaskan vacations that the large cruise ship tours can only dream of. The southeast Alaska small cruise ship I experienced was, without a doubt, one of the [Read more]
Posted in: Cruises, Destinations, Romantic Getaways | 7 comments
July 16, 2010 | Author: TwinCitiesGal
One of the most difficult decisions during the planning of our Princess Cruises Alaska Cruisetour was deciding on our land and shore excursions. I wanted to see Alaska in its various forms, and that's exactly what we ended up doing. Looking back, it was the [Read more]
Posted in: Cruises | 3 comments
July 15, 2010 | Author: SoCalGal
An Alaska small ship cruise can overnight in quiet bays and inlets in which larger cruise liners cannot drop anchor. This, along with a small group of like-minded passengers on the ship, makes for a more intimate Alaska cruise travel experience. Inside Passage [Read more]
Posted in: Cruises, Romantic Getaways | 5 comments
July 13, 2010 | Author: SoCalGal
Greetings from southeast Alaska! Orcas, commonly called killer whales, are really members of the porpoise family. Like their dolphin cousins, orcas swim in small family groups (pods) and display the same intelligence, sociable group behavior, and occasional [Read more]
Posted in: Cruises, Destinations, Romantic Getaways | 21 comments
July 9, 2010 | Author: TwinCitiesGal
My recent Alaska cruise with Princess Cruises had many, many highlights. From helicopter glacier landings to ziplining but one of my most spectacular memories didn't take any effort on my part except for perhaps pointing and shooting the camera. The event was [Read more]
Posted in: Cruises, Family Travel | 3 comments
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