We are looking to do a 7 night Alaskan Cruise in July 2025. We are familiar with cruises, but this will be the first time for all of us for Alaska. We are down to either Princes (Coral Princess) or Holland America (Noordam or Nieuw Amsterdam)..and the cruise portion and ports on these are almost identical. We will have some family members ages 19-25, along with parents- ages 50-5 and about 4 families total. We are leaning toward Princess as it seems like the average age might be slightly younger, but not sure if this is true? We like both of these cruiselines as they have the option to include a pre cruise 4 day land option to see more of Alaska and they have the license to go into Glacier Bay. We also like the educational aspect of learning about Alaska as we go.
I have two questions:
ONE: which cruiseline and ship is best for our family if we are looking to please all ages with enough on board activities and ammeneties
TWO: we have two choices of pre cruise land tours, both which are 4 nights. which would be best and why??
LAND TOURS ARE EITHER: ONE: fly into Anchorage (1 night) head up by bus/train to Denali Princes Wilderness Lodge (spend 2 nights) then head down to Whittier to catch the cruise (one night) OR TWO:, fly into Fairbanks (1 night), head to Denali Princess Wilderness Lodge (1 night), then onto Mt. McKinley Princess Wilderness Lodge (1 night) then onto Whittier to catch the cruise (1 night)
Thank you!
