Todd wrote:
> My extended family is thinking about taking an Alaskan Cruise in the
> summer of 2008! Yes, 2008 - we need time to plan for it and to save
> the money necessary. The will include 4 generations from 1.5 years
> old, up to Great Grandma at about 90 years old, totaling 25 people.
> In fact, in October 2005 this same group (minus the youngest baby)
> took a week long cruise in the Caribbean on Disney's Magic. It was
> right around the time of Hurrican Wilma, so we didn't get to do the
> Western itinerary, but still got to go!
> Also, in February of 1995, this group did a Southern Caribbean cruise
> on RCL (Monarch of the Seas?) without as many children (only 16
> people).
>
> My question is basically what should we be looking at when trying to
> pick an Alaskan cruise? We obviously need a ship that has a great
> children's program, so does that narrow our search? We also need to
> keep it economical? Would sailing on RCL again, give us that much of
> a discount?
>
> I'm usually the one who gets to do most of the planning of these trips
> and one thing I really liked about the Disney cruise we took a year
> and 4 months ago was that once everyone was booked we could do a lot
> of excursion shopping on-line before. We would plan what we wanted
> and bought the tickets together in blocks since all our individual
> reservations were linked together (of course it all turned out for
> naught when the ship was diverted from it's original itinerary).
>
> Thanks in advance for all the help!
>
I was booked on a one way cruise to Alaska this summer. After adding the
airfare, over $700pp
00 and the cost of the excursions the amount got way out of hand.
We cancelled and are back in the Caribbean.
I would think a roundtrip cruise would be more economical but you'd get
less time in ports and not get as far north as some of the one way trips
get.
If I was to book now I'd book the NCL Pearl R/T since it does Glacier
Bay and airfare for us would be about $250pp from PHL to Seattle.
Bill
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