12 Day Alaska Cruise Tour
4 Night Land Tour / 7 Day Southbound Cruise
ms Diamond Princess

July 8 - 19, 2008

DAY

PORT

ACTIVITY

1

Transfer Fairbanks Airport to Hotel

Two-night hotel stay in Fairbanks. Relax and get ready for your Alaska adventure. 

2

Fairbanks Sightseeing

A.M. Fairbanks "City of Gold" tour. In the afternoon, feel the frontier-friendly atmosphere of a leisurely cruise down the Tanana River aboard the steam-wheeler "Riverboat Discovery". Highlights include a visit to the Chena Indian village and the home of Susan Butcher, three-time Iditarod dog sled race winner. You'll even see an Alaskan bush pilot in action.

3

Fairbanks/
Denali National Park

Enjoy a motorcoach trip to Denali National Park. You will be staying at Denali Princess Wilderness Lodge and have afternoon at leisure. Your day could include a trip to the Park headquarters, a river rapids raft trip, or a visit to an Iditarod dog kennel.

4

Denali

You will take a morning trip into Denali National Park on the Tundra Wilderness tour, featuring Mt. McKinley and the abundant wildlife. Enjoy the afternoon and evening at your leisure at the Denali Princess Wilderness Lodge.

5

Denali National Park/
Whittier

Ride the Denali Express directly to Whittier where the Coral Princess is waiting for your arrival.

6

College Fjord Cruising

While cruising in College Fjord you will experience some of Alaska's tidewater glaciers. Numerous rivers of ice named after Ivy League colleges are accented by Harvard Glacier.

7

Glacier Bay

You'll continue through the Gulf of Alaska heading for Hubbard Glacier, one of Alaska's most rapidly advancing tidewater glaciers. In 1986, this glacier was the focus of national attention as it advanced, temporarily turning Russell Fjord into Russell Lake.

8

Skagway

Arrive at 5:00 AM. Depart at 8:00 PM. Walk on the wooden sidewalks of the Gateway to the Klondike. Take a tour on the narrow gauge railroad following the trail of the Yukon gold miners. Ride a water taxi to historic Haines where whales and eagles abound.
9

Juneau

Arrive at 6:30 AM. You will have many choices in Alaska's capital city. Tour Mendenhall Glacier by helicopter. Explore reminders of the heady 1800's with visits to the shops, saloons and the state museum. Depart at 4:00 PM.
10

Ketchikan

Arrive at 8:30 AM. You'll find a busy harbor buzzing with seaplanes and fishing boats, and streets that cling to the steep hillsides. Historic Totem Bright State Park, a salmon fishing trip, flight-seeing to Misty Fjords National Monuments are just a few of your optional excursions. Depart at 5:45 PM.
11

Cruising the Inside Passages

Today will be a panoramic prologue to your cruise. You'll be treated to an unending parade of scenic wonder and wildlife all day long. 
12

Arrive Vancouver

Arrive at the pier in the morning. Depart Vancouver pier on our own personal motorcoach and prepare for an exciting sightseeing tour of Vancouver and Seattle. Enjoy dinner in a fabulous Seattle restaurant.

Alaska

Alaska, the largest state in the union, is also very big on fun.  It is a place where travel dreams can come true in a hundred different ways.  Alaska is a pristine place where ten minutes out of metropolitan areas such as Anchorage and Fairbanks, the wilderness rolls on as far as the eye can see.  Unspoiled, unpeopled, unadorned with billboards, fast food chains, or traffic.  Princess knows the peace of this land better than anyone.

Denali National Park

So awed were the Athabascan Indians by the enormity of Mt. McKinley, they simply revered it as Denali…the “Great One”.  Its first description to the “outside” world was submitted to the New York Times in 1897 by prospector-author William Dickey, who wrote, “never before had we seen anything to compare with this mountain.”  Nor will you.  There are higher mountains in the world, but none rise so monumentally as McKinley – from a valley only 1,000 feet above sea level to an altitude of 20,320 feet. 

The Glacier Cruise

On with Princess, beyond College Fjord, through Icy Strait, and suddenly your world perspective will change.  Because now you’ll mostly be looking up – at perpetually snow-capped mountains that rise 15,000 feet seemingly straight up from the shoreline, at glaciers looming large over iceberg-strewn bays, pushing their faces into tidewater.  Marvel at the wonder of it all…on a Princess 7-night Glacier Discovery Cruise between Whittier, Alaska, and Vancouver, British Columbia.

Janetta and Lloyd Douglas will host the July 2007 Cruisetour of Alaska.  Our tour hosts have escorted seven previous Alaskan Cruisetour vacations and want you to join them to experience the beauty of Alaska for yourself.  Escorts based on minimum number of passengers.

RATES

Rates are per person double occupancy valid only if booked & deposited by 1/07/2008

Category

Double

3rd/4th
BB

 Ocean view w/Balcony

$4498.00

$2850.00
EE   Ocean view

$4223.00

$2750.00
JJ Inside

$3498.00

$2550.00
Other categories are available upon request.
Government taxes/fees included in rates are subject to change
Prices are subject to change pending air flight contract

RATES INCLUDE

  • Experienced escorts

  • Pre-cruise briefing

  • Bus transportation to Washington/Dulles

  • Round trip air from Washington/Dulles (subject to change)

  • All baggage handling

  • Complete trip transfers

  • All port charges/taxes (subject to change)

  • All meals on ship

  • Nightly entertainment

Deposit Required:

  • $100/person for cruisetour booking during "cruise sale" promotion

  • $350 /person for cruisetour not booked during promotion

  • $100/person to confirm air reservations

Final Payment:

Due by April 7, 2008

Cancellation:

Fox Valley Travel charges an administrative fee of $25.00/person
in the event of cancellation after deposit.

75 days or more no penalty
74-57 days deposit amount
56-29 50% of Total Charges
28-15 75% of Total Charges
within 14 days 100% of Total Charges

Airline penalty restriction pending air flights contract

Insurance Information:

Fox Valley Travel strongly recommends the purchase of trip cancellation insurance.  We recommend that you purchase this protection at the time you pay your deposit.  Call or E-mail us for rates.

Tours Operated or Sponsored by Fox Valley Travel, Inc.

Fox Valley Travel, Inc. reserves the right to change dates, times and rates when changes are compelled by circumstances beyond its control.  We reserve the right to cancel a tour or any portion thereof, or make changes in the published itinerary, whenever in its judgment conditions warrant or it deems it necessary for the comfort, convenience or safety of the participants.  (Occasionally, the land portion of a tour may be extended or curtailed because of unforeseen conditions.) We also reserve the right to decline to accept or retain any tour person should such person's health or general deportment impede the operation of the tour to the detriment of other passengers. A complete refund covering the unfinished part of the land tour will be made to such individuals as soon as possible by Fox Valley Travel, Inc. but without further obligation or liability to Fox Valley Travel, Inc.