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KK. I actually did remember something. (g)

http://boards.cruisecritic.com/showthread.php?t=1974366 and

http://boards.cruisecritic.com/showthread.php?t=1974371

http://boards.cruisecritic.com/showthread.php?t=1966505

and probably a whole bunch more. (g)

Concur with the above. Very good advice.

Even the "cheap" route will involve some spending money.

I like the PR aspect of this. I hope you can make it work.

E-mail sent, tell me what you think.

I'm not a 100% on the ports of call so:

Seattle; you could take the tram to the Seattle World's Fair and the Space Needle. The Space Needle is a little pricey. Pike Market is neat.

Ketchican: (Blue Line Bus Northbound) to Totem Bight State Park (Verify this, it's been a couple of years. (g) The Boardwalk along Creek St.

if the salmon are running.

Juneau: Mendenhall Glacier, salmon run. the State Capital Building.

Skagway: They have a pretty neat museum in the center of "town" Trying to remember what it was called. You could also walk to the Gold Rush Cemetery.

Alaska ports have a ton of history. Maybe you could assign a port to a couple and have them do a project or whatever it is called. (g)

Homework, homework, homework. (g)

The Lonely Planet book helped me with walking tours, cheap things, so you may want to go to the library. The other mainstream publishers are fine also. (g)