ALASKA: Princess Cruises 2025 Itineraries & Highlights

Are you planning an Alaska cruise? Whether it's your first Alaska cruise or you're planning a repeat visit to the great state. Princess Cruises is the Alaska Expert, offering itineraries to suit your needs including cruisetours, sailings from Vancouver, Seattle, San Francisco and Los Angeles in 2025. Sail on the Grand Princess, Ruby Princess, Sapphire Princess, Caribbean Princess, Coral Princess, Royal Princess and Discovery Princess. Discover Juneau, Ketchikan, Skagway, Whitter and beyond. Subscribe for the latest in cruise news, cruise tips and our cruise vlogs!
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Chapters:
0:00 Introduction
1:30 Ships
3:53 7 Day One-Way Cruises
4:50 7 Day Roundtrip
6:15 10 Day Roundtrip
7:22 11 Day Roundtrip
8:13 16 Day Roundtrip
9:01 17 Day Roundtrip
9:53 22 Day Roundtrip
What I Wish I Knew BEFORE My First Alaska Cruise Life well cruised First Class on a Luxury Alaska Cruise | Holland America Line Trek Trendy 5 Crafty Tricks That Catch Alaska Cruisers Out (Again & Again) Tips for Travellers 13 Alaska Cruise Mistakes that Can RUIN Your Cruise 7 Day Alaska Cruise | Our First Cruise! What We Wish We Knew Before Our First Alaska Cruise Eat Sleep Cruise The ultimate Alaska 10-day itinerary

[@TidalHorizons]

Thanks for watching and subscribing! Be sure to leave a comment and let everyone know about your next trip to Alaska, I love answering your questions and hearing about your travels!

[@terrorbulyfe]

That 22 day cruise out of San Francisco with glacier bay and Endecott is a definite goal for me! I always wished there was a combined scenic cruising tours in Alaska that’s round trip. Been on 2 so far with a split between College Fjords and Glacier Bay. And going on a 3rd in August again to Glacier Bay on The Crown (you didn’t mention that ship I think).

[@dennisclark8766]

Absolutely amazing video!

[@user-xn2qm7hc6f]

For our first Alaska cruise, we did the 14 day land and sea on the Coral Princess in Sept. 2010, for our 30th anniversary and the trip was amazing. The weather was beautiful, in the 70s and no rain the entire cruise. Since it was our anniversary, and a once in a lifetime trip (so we thought), we did splurge. We loved the Alaska cruise because it is more casual and laid back than cruising the Caribbean, Transpacific/Hawaiian or Mediterranean/Transatlantic, which we have been on before. For the land tour, we started at Fairbanks, staying in the lodge and going on the riverboat excursion. Then, we took the train to Denali , stayed in the lodge, went through Denali National park and went shopping in the town. The next day we took a motor coach to Mt. McKinley lodge, where we actually saw Mt. McKinley and took lots of pictures and video. Due to the low clouds, the mountain had only been visible 18 times during that season. In fact, on the way to the lodge, our bus driver pulled over and let everyone get off the bus to take pictures, which was great because the next morning when we got up and went to breakfast, before leaving on the train to Anchorage, Mt. McKinley was not visible. There is not much to do at Mt. McKinley lodge besides hiking, so we just did our laundry. Finally, we took a train to Anchorage (Whittier) to board the ship (we did south bound to Vancouver). Once on the ship we cruised first to Hubbard Glacier and then Glacier Bay, which was absolutely beautiful. We had a balcony cabin, which was great because we stayed out on the balcony viewing the glacier, seeing it calving and taking many amazing pictures and videos. More importantly, we did not have to fight the crowds for a viewing point and, if we were too cold, we just went in the room for a little while and still had the amazing view and could listen to the naturalist. Next, we went to Skagway and did the White Pass train and Yukon Suspension Bridge excursion; then to Juneau where we took a helicopter ride to Mendenhall Glacier, which was awesome and breathtaking, we walked on the glacier, saw the pools, rivers and crevasses and even drank the water. Finally, we went to Ketchikan, where we visited the Saxman Native Village, before ending the cruise and disembarking in Vancouver. Now, we are going on our second Alaska cruise, 15 years later, May 31, 2025, on the Royal Princess for seven days, round trip out of Seattle. We chose this cruise because Princess does it right and my sister is going with us for her first time to Alaska. So of course, she has to see Glacier Bay. We are doing the whale watching and salmon bake excursion in Juneau; the gold digging, sled dogs and White Pass train in Skagway and the lumberjack and crab feast in Ketchikan. With all the ports, especially Juneau, we will have time to explore the town and try some of the local food. We cannot wait. Then, my sister and I are doing a girls cruise to Alaska on Celebrity Edge Sept. 7, 2025, round trip from Seattle), where we will take a boat from the ship to see Dawes Glacier up close, which will be a totally different, amazing experience. Bottom line if you are going to splurge and do this trip of a lifetime, you need to do the land and sea, because you never know if you will return. Also, a little hint. Start with the land portion first because then you can just relax on the cruise. During the land portion, you will be packing a small suitcase and the rest of your bags will be taken to the ship. Therefore, you will live out of a suitcase for the duration of the land portion and have to haul the suitcase to each of the lodges. Once you embark on the ship, you unpack once and just relax and enjoy. More importantly, make sure you take your camera every where you go because you will never know when you see wildlife and you want to be ready to capture the moment.

[@TidalHorizons]

Wow! Sounds like one heck of a trip and enjoy the cruises next year! Great reviews of the ports too. Thanks for watching.

[@jackredmond6023]

We are sailing this August on Discovery Princess to Alaska round trip from Seattle with Glacier Bay. We have a forward facing suite with a window forward. You are correct. This is a wonderful way to sail to and see Alaska. We hope to do the White Pass Scenic Railway this time as we missed Skagway last year due to the rock slides at the port.

[@TidalHorizons]

You are going to love that suite! We sailed in one in September 2021, so much room to spread out. We often had breakfast delivered so we could sit and watch out the front. I hope the railway works out, it wasn't back online after the Pandemic when we were there, the land border with Canada was still closed. Hopefully I''ll return this fall or next year! Thanks for watching.

[@Sunlightsam24]

Going in August 2024, can’t wait!

[@TidalHorizons]

Enjoy! Which ship are you visiting on?

[@Sunlightsam24]

@@TidalHorizons Discovery Princess out of Seattle

[@TinaBiebe]

Going to my first Alaska cruise on the Discovery Princess June 2025. I can’t wait. After seeing the Caribbean most of my cruising life, I’m ready for something fresh and new. I thinkI Alaska will fit that bill! 😊

[@TidalHorizons]

It really is something completely different and fresh if you've been cruising the warmer zones. I did my first Alaska cruise in September 2021 more as a test for return to sailing but it quickly became one of my favorites! Enjoy Discovery Princess, she's a beautiful ship. Thanks for watching.

You might want to mention WHERE the Princess fleet docks in each Alaskan port. We cruise Holland America, and almost always dock right in the central downtown. The others? Docked far away needing either a bus ride, or ship's tender. That loss of time, and convenience can absolutely ruin a trip given the relatively short time allotted onshore while in port.

[@TidalHorizons]

I believe if this were a port guide video, I would for sure mention the typical locations that the ships dock, but for this where it's more of an overview of the itinerary and the locations can change from sailing to sailing, it's probably a bit too much information. I definitely include it in port guides like the recent one on Dominica. Thanks for watching!

[@bigguy1403]

Is the crown princess going to alaska in 2025?

[@TidalHorizons]

No, the Crown is doing a World Cruise starting in Auckland on May 31, 2025! She seems to be scheduled to be in Oceania before and after the World Cruise.

[@marielang9552]

Princess was a tourist trap. The service was terrible. The food was just OK super crowded terrible cruise.

[@TidalHorizons]

That's unfortunate and not a typical complaint but we all have our own standards. Do you have a preferred cruise line? What puts that cruise line over the top for you?