Bubbs33 Posted July 4, 2019 #1 Share Posted July 4, 2019 Does anyone know if this book is available onboard for purchase or only pre-cruise? Also, ate such gifts delivered to the room or only a gift certificate? TIA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Coral Posted July 4, 2019 #2 Share Posted July 4, 2019 You can purchase it in the ship's store. No need to pre-purchase. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeeW Posted July 4, 2019 #3 Share Posted July 4, 2019 Might want to buy a used book on Amazon or Ebay to read before you go. We kept the fresh copy (signed by the Captain) that we bought onboard on our first trip. Took the Ebay copy on the other three trips as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JF - retired RRT Posted July 4, 2019 #4 Share Posted July 4, 2019 I bought one on Amazon (used, no map). Got nothing much from it and gave it to one of the people at our table. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thrak Posted July 5, 2019 #5 Share Posted July 5, 2019 If you are going to buy it get the one onboard. It will have the map and will also be the correct version. There is another one by a different author that people say is not nearly as good. I don't have the book and haven't missed having it but many others say it is great - as long as you get the right one and one that is new so it has the map. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Coral Posted July 5, 2019 #6 Share Posted July 5, 2019 2 hours ago, LeeW said: Might want to buy a used book on Amazon or Ebay to read before you go. We kept the fresh copy (signed by the Captain) that we bought onboard on our first trip. Took the Ebay copy on the other three trips as well. The actual writer (Rachel Cartwright) used to be a Naturalist for Princess. She is periodically on ships and will sign a copy. I would rather have her signature - she did write the book. Joe Upton was the other author that Princess used to have a contract with. I had his book and it was fine. Probably outdated now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milolii Posted July 5, 2019 #7 Share Posted July 5, 2019 Hi so does the author sell the book independently. Interested in purchasing before I cruise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Coral Posted July 5, 2019 #8 Share Posted July 5, 2019 (edited) 7 minutes ago, milolii said: Hi so does the author sell the book independently. Interested in purchasing before I cruise. No - Princess has exclusive rights on this. Maybe it is Princess and HAL - I don't remember. Edited July 5, 2019 by Coral Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milolii Posted July 5, 2019 #9 Share Posted July 5, 2019 Ok thank you, Coral. You are so helpful Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Coral Posted July 5, 2019 #10 Share Posted July 5, 2019 12 minutes ago, milolii said: Ok thank you, Coral. You are so helpful You can buy used copies on some websites. They may or may not have the maps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mevs904 Posted July 5, 2019 #11 Share Posted July 5, 2019 2 hours ago, Coral said: The actual writer (Rachel Cartwright) used to be a Naturalist for Princess. She is periodically on ships and will sign a copy. I would rather have her signature - she did write the book. Joe Upton was the other author that Princess used to have a contract with. I had his book and it was fine. Probably outdated now. We had the Joe Upton book and map for our 2014 Alaska cruise. We bought it before the cruise so we could begin reading before we left. It didn’t seem to be inferior in any way to the Rachel Cartwright book that we checked out on the ship. I don’t think that we’ll do another Alaska cruise (too many other places to explore), but if we did we’d probably get the Cartwright book. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
salabc Posted July 5, 2019 #12 Share Posted July 5, 2019 The Alaska Cruise Companion - Book do you know if it's for sale also in the princess hotels ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Coral Posted July 5, 2019 #13 Share Posted July 5, 2019 6 hours ago, mevs904 said: We had the Joe Upton book and map for our 2014 Alaska cruise. We bought it before the cruise so we could begin reading before we left. It didn’t seem to be inferior in any way to the Rachel Cartwright book that we checked out on the ship. I don’t think that we’ll do another Alaska cruise (too many other places to explore), but if we did we’d probably get the Cartwright book. Mine wasn't as "colorful" but I got it when Princess was selling it on the ship. The new ones have better pictures. It was fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare geoherb Posted July 5, 2019 #14 Share Posted July 5, 2019 I had the Upton version and enjoyed reading it before my recent cruises on the Island. Another great book is one published by National Geographic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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