goodysueshoes

We went on the Royal Carribean line and it worked out great for us.  I chose that line because it seemed to have the most options for kids.  However, our kids really ended up hanging out with us most of the time. The food was really good.  We paid for the upgrade to the different restaurants however the one that came standard was really good and we enjoyed our waiter a lot.  Surprisingly my boys enjoyed the shows.  The World cup was on while we were traveling so they spent time watching that.  We also played a family tournament of chess.  My favorite excursion was the helicopter ride to the dog sled ride.  We extended our trip to see Denali.  If you are pressed for time I wouldn't fret about missing it.  It was a really long ride there and then the mountain was covered with clouds.  We did see a mama moose and her babies which was very cool.  One thing - we got two rooms.  A balcony room for me and my husband and an ocean view for our three kids.  We couldn't choose the ocean view room.  I put up an argument but they wouldn't allow it.  My kids ended up with a stuffy room at the bottom of the ship with nothing more than a porthole to look out of.  They didn't seem to mind, but I would have not liked to stay in that room.  Enjoy!

I would not start with the ship.

 

I say this having sailed Alaska 10+ times including with our children.

 

Start with the itinerary because you will be spending a lot of time in port.

 

Also please visit the Alaska Ports Of Call Board to get input on itinerary.

 

I would not wait till 2019 when you can do this cruise in 2018.

 

There are enough cruise ships to choose from.

 

Keith

Thank you Keith, Why would you not start with the ship? I will definitely visit that board. Thank you.

Wow, thank you for the responses. We really can't wait. This is the last summer my oldest son with be a sure thing for summer vacations. He's off to college and they often have summer sessions or internships. He always wanted to go salmon and halibut fishing. We are looking to go in June and it says that both fish are in season.

My husband and I are bringing our three teenagers to Alaska this June 2018. We have two boys age 18 and 16 and a girl 13. The boys definitely want to get some fishing in but I want it to be fun for my daughter as well. So what I am thinking of doing is flying into Vancouver and taking a 7 day cruise to Seward (or I could do it in the reverse). We would fish in Ketchikan and Seward and extend the cruise to go see Denali.

After doing much research it looks like there are three cruise lines that go from Vancouver to Seward, Royal Caribbean, Celberity and Holland America. The ships are the Millenium, Radiance of the Seas and Noordam. I would love to hear some recommendations on which line to pick. I am getting the feeling that there isn't much to do on the Celebrity and Holland for teenagers. Does anyone have any suggestions or ideas that I may have missed? Any feedback would be greatly appreciated.