Alaska cruise 2020

[lswilmot]

Good afternoon all.

We are considering a cruise to Alaska next year. What itinerary would you choose?  Cruise from Vancouver- north &  returning from  Seward; Seward- south returning; from Vancouver; RT from Seattle; Seattle-north returning from Vancouver; or Vancouver-north returning from Seward. 

Or would you pick by ship: Radiance OTS, Serenade OTS or Ovation OTS?

Thanks for any info or opinions.

Lori

[Clarea]

You might want to take a look at these recent threads:

 

https://boards.cruisecritic.com/topic/2697314-serenade-to-alaska-questions/?do=findComment&comment=58402654

 

https://boards.cruisecritic.com/topic/2693367-alaskawhich-ship/?do=findComment&comment=58288700

 

https://boards.cruisecritic.com/topic/2690637-alaska-first-timer-need-advice/?do=findComment&comment=58203811

 

[kochleffel]

Radiance and Serenade are siblings and I would choose between them solely on the basis of itinerary. Ovation is significantly larger.

 

In general a one-way cruise has better port times, but the air-travel costs will be higher because of higher fares to/from Vancouver and Anchorage.

[vacationlover_mn]

We did Radiance northbound and loved it!

[TwinMamainMN]

We also did Radiance northbound and loved the ship so much, we are sailing on it again in May from Hawaii to Vancouver on a TP.

[BBQluver]

We did Radiance southbound in July 2018. We flew to Anchorage a few days early and checked out the area and enjoyed the Fourth of July fireworks. Being the land of the midnight sun, the fireworks show did not start until 11:45 p.m. We rode the train from Anchorage to the Seward port. The sunset photo was taken at 11 p.m over Cook Inlet. The train is traveling toward Seward along Cook Inlet.