help with Alaska stops

You may wish to visit my website http://www.AlaskaCrisingReport.com.
Actually, you have other roundtrip options from Seattle beside NCL and
Celebrity - including Princess Cruises, Holland America Line, and
Royal Caribbean International.

The link works better if you add the "u" to "crising"

http://www.AlaskaCruisingReport.com
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DG in Cherry Hill, NJ


"MuskegMike" wrote in message
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You may wish to visit my website http://www.AlaskaCrisingReport.com.
Actually, you have other roundtrip options from Seattle beside NCL and
Celebrity - including Princess Cruises, Holland America Line, and
Royal Caribbean International.

wrote:
They only offer one
ways which would mean I need open jaw tickets for air that would cost
about $800 x 3. R/T to Seattle I can get air for about $250 x3.

Not sure who you are referring to...HAL has a boatload of rt's out of
Seattle for the upcoming Alaska season....thru Glacier Bay.

As I understand...it was posted on this board recently...RCI cannot cruise
Glacier Bay due to pollution violations in the past.


I was referring to Princess only offering one ways. I see a couple HAL
ships that do R/T from Seattle.
I'll keep my options open but it wouldn't be my first choice.
I saw that RCI didn't go to Glacier Bay but didn't know why.

Interesting that Alaska has younger cruises. I would have thought just
the opposite.

Mike,
I have bookmarked your page. It looks like it is has a lot of resources.

Bill

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On Sun, 05 Feb 2006 04:13:23 GMT, Bill C wrote:

I saw that RCI didn't go to Glacier Bay but didn't know why.

Hi Bill,

Neither Celebrity or Royal Caribbean are allowed Glacier Bay permits.
This was one of the penalties for pollution violations.

Interesting that Alaska has younger cruises. I would have thought just
the opposite.
Although many young folks, such as myself,vbg love to sail to
Alaska, the average demographic is the older than most other cruise
destinations.


Best regards,
Ray
LIGHTHOUSE TRAVEL
800-719-9917 or 805-566-3905
http://www.lighthousetravel.com

Ray Goldenberg wrote:
On Sun, 05 Feb 2006 04:13:23 GMT, Bill C wrote:

I saw that RCI didn't go to Glacier Bay but didn't know why.

Hi Bill,

Neither Celebrity or Royal Caribbean are allowed Glacier Bay permits.
This was one of the penalties for pollution violations.

Interesting that Alaska has younger cruises. I would have thought just
the opposite.
Although many young folks, such as myself,vbg love to sail to
Alaska, the average demographic is the older than most other cruise
destinations.


Best regards,
Ray
LIGHTHOUSE TRAVEL
800-719-9917 or 805-566-3905
http://www.lighthousetravel.com
Thanks for that info Ray. I only can cruise in the summer and usually go
to Bermuda or the Caribbean so I'm used to a younger crowd.
While I have nothing against older people as I'm very close to being one
myself, the fact that I'm on a ship with younger people means there will
be more to do and venues will be open later. Working nights for the last
20 years it's hard to change your body clock when on vacation for a week.
Didn't RCI give themselves some kind of environmental award since the
polluting incidents?

Bill
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Visit my Caribbean Princess website:
www.cruisingthecaribbeanprincess.com

On Sun, 05 Feb 2006 06:11:28 GMT, Bill C wrote:

Didn't RCI give themselves some kind of environmental award since the
polluting incidents?

Hi Bill,

They give this award to their ships and crew on an annual basis. It
is part of their encouragement to get everyone in the company to be
aware of their environmental concerns.

Best regards,
Ray
LIGHTHOUSE TRAVEL
800-719-9917 or 805-566-3905
http://www.lighthousetravel.com

Holland America has several ships that go RT from Seattle that go to
Glacier Bay I believe. At least one certainly. Hubbard would be my #2
choice. Actually Hubbard glacier is the best single glacier I've seen
bar none.

Jeff



Bill C wrote:

Since I have very little knowledge of Alaska I thought some of you that
have sailed Alaska could give me a comparison of a few stops in Alaska.
I only want to sail roundtrip from Seattle and I wanted to do Glacier
Bay. My only choices look like NCL and Celebrity.
I had set my mind made up to go on NCL Star but after reading numerous
reviews about the food I am having second thoughts. I really don't like
that you have to pay for your meals if you want good food.

Also not a big fan of Celebrity.

So if you couldn't go to Glacier Bay what would be your second choice,
Tracy Arm or Hubbard Glacier.

Bill