[ChineseSkiClub] Re: Alaska Cruise

Plan update:

The trip will consist of:
1. Pre-cruise tour - Vancouver 1 night.
2. Cruise - At sea focusing on glacier seeing for 7 nights.
3. Post-cruise tour - Anchorage 1 night.
4. Post-cruise tour - Glass-domed train to Denali National Park and
tours, for 2 nights.
5. Post-cruise tour - Glass-domed train to Fairbanks for aurora
(northern light) seeing and tours, for 2 nights.

You don't have to take the whole trip, for the pre-/post-cruise tours
are optional. We will have a great opportunity to see northern light
in this trip along the way or in Fairbanks because:
http://wikitravel.org/en/Northern_Lights
According to WikiTravel, 2013 will be the year having the maximum
solar activity in its 11-year cycle. IMHO, if you miss it, your next
best opportunity will be another 11 years.


On Sep 18, 7:29 pm, snowrider <snowrider.ski...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I am done with the research!  This trip will be a once-in-a-lifetime
> trip!  It will include:
> 1. 7 nights at sea cruise focusing on glacier watch.
> 2. 3 nights post-cruise tour to Denali National Park in glass train,
> and...
> 3. Aurora (northern light) seeing in Fairbanks.
> We have 10 people going.  I'll book the trip tonight.
>
> On Sep 16, 2:18 pm, snowrider <snowrider.ski...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> > A lots of people expressed their interest of joining this Alaska
> > trip.  I did some research the past few days about the trip.  We first
> > need to determine the traval dates and then find the cruiseship that
> > fits our needs.  Once we decide the dates and ship, we need to make
> > reservation right away - with a small deposit.  Almost all cruise
> > lines have the policy of canceling before 3 months without penalty.
> > The thing is that a stateroom takes at least two.  If you are a
> > single, you need to find a partner to share a room with you.
>
> > How much it would cost totally for the trip?  There are serveral ways
> > of arranging the trip.  Pre-cruise, post-cruise, one way, round trip,
> > # of nights, the types of rooms, and the types of cruise ships.  The
> > total cost (everything) ranges from $3,000 to $4/5/6,000... per
> > person.
>
> > The travel dates - I am thinking about avoiding summer break when the
> > cruise fare is the most expensive.  Therefore, the travel dates will
> > be mid-May, end-August, or early-Septemer.  Please let me know how you
> > think.
>
> > Note - So far we have at least 10 people are going!
>
> > On Sep 15, 2:47 pm, snowrider <snowrider.ski...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > Anyone is interested in taking a cruise trip to Alaska next year?  I
> > > am thinking about getting more friends to go together like last time
> > > we went to South Caribbean.

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