Frommer's Alaska Cruises and Ports of Call 2004 Book

	List of Maps	vi
	What's New in Alaska Cruising in 2004	1
1	The Best of Alaska Cruising	6
1	The Best of Alaska's Ships	6
	Personal Reminiscence	10
2	The Best Ports	12
3	The Best Shore Excursions	12
2	Choosing Your Ideal Cruise	14
1	The Alaska Cruise Season	14
2	The Inside Passage or the Gulf of Alaska?	14
	Shore Excursions: The What, When & Why	15
3	Big Ship or Small Ship?	16
4	Cruisetours: The Best of Land & Sea	21
5	Quiz Time: Questions to Ask When Choosing Your Cruise	23
3	Booking Your Cruise & Getting the Best Price	29
1	Booking a Cruise: The Short Explanation	29
2	Booking Through a Travel Agent	30
3	Cruising on the Internet	32
4	Cruise Costs	32
5	Money-Saving Strategies	34
6	Airfares & Pre-/Post-Cruise Hotel Offerings	36
7	Choosing Your Cabin	37
8	Choosing Your Dining Options	38
9	Deposits & Cancellation Policies	40
10	Travel Insurance	40
	Onboard Medical Care	41
	Fast Facts: Alaska	41
4	The Cruise Experience	44
1	Packing for Your Cruise	44
2	Money Matters	46
3	Your Very Important Papers	47
4	Getting to the Ship & Checking in	48
5	Keeping in Touch With the Outside World	50
6	Visiting the Ports of Call	51
7	Tipping, Packing for Disembarkation & Other End-of-Cruise Concerns	54
5	The Cruise Lines, Part 1: The Big Ships	57
1	Some Components of the Cruise-Line Reviews	57
2	Carnival Cruise Lines	59
3	Celebrity Cruises	63
4	Crystal Cruises	68
5	Holland America Line	73
6	Norwegian Cruise Line	82
7	Princess Cruises	89
8	Radisson Seven Seas Cruises	97
9	Royal Caribbean International	100
10	Silversea Cruises	105
6	The Cruise Lines, Part 2: The Small Ships	108
1	American Safari Cruises	109
2	American West Steamboat Company	112
3	Clipper Cruise Line	115
4	Cruise West	120
	Like a Road Trip, but by Boat	121
5	Glacier Bay Cruiseline	126
6	Lindblad Expeditions	130
7	And Now For Something Completely Different: Cruising Using the Alaskan Marine Highway System	133
7	The Ports of Embarkation	138
1	Anchorage	138
2	Seward	145
3	Vancouver	150
4	Seattle	156
5	Juneau	163
6	Whittier	164
8	Ports & Wilderness Areas Along the Inside Passage	168
1	Victoria, British Columbia	168
2	Canada's Inside Passage	172
	Shopping for Native Art	172
3	Ketchikan	173
4	Misty Fjords National Monument	177
5	Admiralty Island National Monument	178
6	Tracy Arm & Endicott Arm	178
7	Baranof Island	178
8	Sitka	178
9	Juneau	183
10	Icy Strait, Point Adolphus & Gustavus	188
11	Glacier Bay National Park & Preserve	189
12	Haines	190
13	Skagway	193
9	Ports & Wilderness Areas Along the Gulf Route	198
1	Hubbard Glacier	198
2	Prince William Sound	198
3	Valdez	200
4	College Fjord	202
5	Seward	202
10	Cruisetour Destinations	203
1	Denali National Park & Preserve	203
2	Fairbanks	203
3	Prudhoe Bay	204
4	Nome & Kotzebue	204
5	The Kenai Peninsula	205
6	The Yukon Territory	205
7	The Canadian Rockies	206
Appendix	Alaska in Depth	208
1	Natural History: Rough Drafts & Erasures	209
2	A Short Gold-Rush History	216
3	Politics & History: Living a Frontier Myth	218
4	An Introduction to Southeast Alaska's Native Cultures	222
5	Whale-Watching 101	224
6	Alaskan Wildlife	228
	Index	232