Family Powwows in Alaska with Princess

By the Avid Cruiser

Round up granny, grandpa and the cousins and head for the Last Frontier, Princess Cruises has announced a new 12-night cruisetour option geared to families (who don't mind taking the kids out of school to do it!), with departures offered in May, aboard the Coral Princess. The cruisetours include family-fun stuff to do, from a jet boat ride to panning for gold.

"This is really the ultimate family vacation," said Charlie Ball, president of Princess Tours. "Alaska is a wonderful travel destination with kids, so we wanted to make it easy and affordable to plan the perfect Alaska experience for everyone in the family."

The Family Fun cruisetour includes a seven-night Voyage of the Glaciers cruise plus a five-night land tour featuring one night at Mt. McKinley Princess Wilderness Lodge, two nights at Denali Princess Wilderness Lodge and two nights at Fairbanks Princess Riverside Lodge. On sea days, families can also take advantage of Princess' onboard programs geared to children, including a special Junior Ranger program in Glacier Bay National Park.

In addition, special tour extras included in the fare are daily breakfast, "Direct-to-the-Wilderness Rail Service with Lunch" (gets families to wilderness lodge faster), Three Rivers Jetboat Tour (an alternative to taking a motorcoach to Mt. McKinley Princess Wilderness Lodge), Arctic Blast (in Denali, experience a special chamber chilled to wintertime temperatures), Music of Denali Dinner Theater (musical comedy show plus family-style meal featuring smokehouse ribs and Alaska salmon), Experience Alaska with Alaska Geographic Tour (intimate tour of Denali National Park), Denali Sourdough Expedition Breakfast (over a family-style breakfast, learn about Denali through breathtaking images from mountain climber Laurent Dicks Climb Denali book), and Riverboat Cruise and El Dorado Goldmine Tour (from Fairbanks, travel on an authentic sternwheeler for a fully-narrated cruise along the Chena River and try gold panning).

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