Best ships for Alaskan Cruises

[Rodger Dodger]

I saw on this site earlier in the week, a list of ships that are on Alaskan cruises that gave an outline of the type of ship, the pros and cons, family type or fine dining , shows etc.

 

I cannot find it now and I am about to book an Alaskan cruise and needed to check this article out. 

It was following on from " What not to eat at the buffet" article I believe.  If I can see this then I will save it this time! TIA

[hallux]

In the banner at the top of the page is a "research" section, then you can pick to research Alaska cruises and view ratings of ships sailing in Alaska.  Here's the link I ended up at, to help you out - https://www.cruisecritic.com/ports/area.cfm?area=1&section=ships

 

That's at least a start.

[Heidi13]

https://boards.cruisecritic.com/forum/33-alaska/

 

Above is the link to the Alaska Board where you will find many threads.

 

If you provide some idea of what you are looking for, we can make some suggestions - smaller ships with fewer passengers and more space or larger ships that are more crowded; family friendly, few kids or 18+; average food with lots of additional cost specialty restaurants or better quality food/service throughout the ship; all-inclusive or multiple optional add-ons; R/T seeing only SE Alaska or 1-way N'bd/S'bd which also visit Prince William Sound.

 

Most R/T cruises visit the busy ports of Ketchikan, Juneau & Skagway, where the N'bd/S'bd cruises, especially those on smaller cruises visit some of the smaller ports - Sitka, Icy Strait Point, Valdez. I note that HAL does offer a R/T from Seattle on a smaller ship that I believe is 14 days and it visits many smaller ports.

[NantahalaCruiser]

This may well be what you are looking for:

 

https://www.cruisecritic.com/articles.cfm?ID=1424