need2cruisesoon Posted September 27, 2017 #1 Share Posted September 27, 2017 C'mon I want to see Alaska in the winter. Beautiful snow capped mountains. Bears running wild. I want to experience AK in the winter, could this work? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crystalspin Posted September 27, 2017 #2 Share Posted September 27, 2017 Not on a cruise ship. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
need2cruisesoon Posted September 27, 2017 Author #3 Share Posted September 27, 2017 Not on a cruise ship. I'm thinking a Princess Icebreaker type cruise ship with 1,000 passengers. 30"steel reinforced hull, super high combustion diesel engines to cut through the ice. I mean the ship could stay within the Alaska inside passage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RLBlack Posted September 27, 2017 #4 Share Posted September 27, 2017 C'mon I want to see Alaska in the winter. Beautiful snow capped mountains. Bears running wild. I want to experience AK in the winter, could this work? Book the first cruise of the season and you will see lots of snow capped mountains- (without slogging through snow drifts in the streets)- and maybe a bear has woken up and looking for food. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Essiesmom Posted September 27, 2017 #5 Share Posted September 27, 2017 Alaska Marine Highway ferries. EM https://www.dot.state.ak.us/amhs/vessel_routes.shtml Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Keith1010 Posted September 27, 2017 #6 Share Posted September 27, 2017 You can but it will be dark for many hours and cold and snowy. Keith Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfaaa Posted September 27, 2017 #7 Share Posted September 27, 2017 Movies under the stars on first sea day will be 30 Days of Night . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crystalspin Posted September 27, 2017 #8 Share Posted September 27, 2017 And as RLBlack has hinted -- the bears will be hibernating. It is however the best time to see aurora, in all those dark hours! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zqvol Posted September 27, 2017 #9 Share Posted September 27, 2017 It's possible, but none of the mass market lines do it. You can always customize yoru own cruise using the Alaska ferry system. Most if not all of the SE ports are ice free year round so that is not an issue. But since it is dark for 16+ hours out of every 24 it might not be too much fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CruiserBruce Posted September 27, 2017 #10 Share Posted September 27, 2017 You could do a land tour... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TruckerDave Posted September 27, 2017 #11 Share Posted September 27, 2017 You realize bears are asleep in the winter right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GottaKnowWhen Posted September 28, 2017 #12 Share Posted September 28, 2017 C'mon I want to see Alaska in the winter. Beautiful snow capped mountains. Bears running wild. I want to experience AK in the winter, could this work? Try Hurtgruten up the coast of Norway instead... Otherwise, wait a few more years and year round Arctic cruising will be feasible. Sent from my iPad using Forums Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NMLady Posted September 28, 2017 #13 Share Posted September 28, 2017 C'mon I want to see Alaska in the winter. Beautiful snow capped mountains. Bears running wild. I want to experience AK in the winter, could this work? Bears runnung wild, in winter?? Bears hibernate in winter! We took the first cruise in May in 2010 and saw a young bear eating dandelions at the side of the road. We saw snow-capped mountains and plenty of snow along the RR excursion. And we did not have the darkness and freezing cold of winter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DirtyDawg Posted September 28, 2017 #14 Share Posted September 28, 2017 You realize bears are asleep in the winter right? Polar Bears don't hibernate. But the OP would have to get to the Northern Slope to see those. Winter polar bear viewing tours are available in Churchill, Manitoba, on Hudson's Bay if the OP really want to see bears in the winter. But he'd have to fly in from Winnipeg to do those, definitely no cruises to, or from Winnipeg. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krazy Kruizers Posted September 28, 2017 #15 Share Posted September 28, 2017 We have also cruised Alaska the first week of May when the season is beginning. Felt like we were at home -- cold and snow everywhere. I can't imagine people wanting to visit a place that is cold and snowy and sooooo dark for sooooo many hours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DirtyDawg Posted September 28, 2017 #16 Share Posted September 28, 2017 I'm thinking a Princess Icebreaker type cruise ship with 1,000 passengers. 30"steel reinforced hull, super high combustion diesel engines to cut through the ice. I mean the ship could stay within the Alaska inside passage. One good thing about a cruise like this is that you probably wouldn't see anyone in shorts in the MDR at dinner! :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Hlitner Posted September 28, 2017 #17 Share Posted September 28, 2017 Oh My! Just imagine Alaskan cruises without an open Diamonds International! Some folks may not realize that DI sells almost exclusively to cruisers (not sure who else would buy at their stores) and they close their Alaskan stores once the cruise ship's leave for the season. The senior employees (such as the managers) relocate to other stores (mostly in the Caribbean) for the winter season. If I had been living in some of these Alaskan ports, I would have led a zoning fight to keep on tacky shops that have no business in Alaska. I know that is unamerican....but arriving at pristine Alaskan ports only to see a large DI sign......is somehow not the way we want to picture Alaska. Having just returned from Greenland......where thank God, there are no DI stores (or Royal Caribbean, Tanzanite International, etc) we realized how much nicer Alaska would be...without these eyesores that prey upon cruisers. Hank Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capt_BJ Posted September 28, 2017 #18 Share Posted September 28, 2017 join the Coast Guard we can give you cruising opportunities not seen on any cruise ship .... places virtually no other ship goes and at ALL times of the year!!!! Dutch Harbor, Adak, Attu, Kodiak, St Paul just to name a few ..... maybe even get to cross the dateline, the circle or see 'the donut hole' opportunity awaits! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfaaa Posted September 28, 2017 #19 Share Posted September 28, 2017 Oh My! Just imagine Alaskan cruises without an open Diamonds International! Some folks may not realize that DI sells almost exclusively to cruisers (not sure who else would buy at their stores) and they close their Alaskan stores once the cruise ship's leave for the season. The senior employees (such as the managers) relocate to other stores (mostly in the Caribbean) for the winter season. If I had been living in some of these Alaskan ports, I would have led a zoning fight to keep on tacky shops that have no business in Alaska. I know that is unamerican....but arriving at pristine Alaskan ports only to see a large DI sign......is somehow not the way we want to picture Alaska. Having just returned from Greenland......where thank God, there are no DI stores (or Royal Caribbean, Tanzanite International, etc) we realized how much nicer Alaska would be...without these eyesores that prey upon cruisers. Hank Huh? Do you not like those free collectable charms or tacky cheap T and discount coupons they throw at you on sea day shopping seminars? C'mon now, DI, Cariloha and the likes are must do on port days. Won't be Alaska cursing experience without them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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