2019 Alaska: Already Over 20 Cruise Ships Just Between Princess, HAL and X..Wow!

Alaska will never be the same...will it?

With so many cruise ships can you still experience AK w/o hordes of people and ships?

Plus Mega Ships coming too: NCL Bliss, Princess Regal......

Alaska is stil very special but it has changed quite a bit since we first sailed in the mid-1990's.

Keith

Alaska will never be the same...will it?

 

With so many cruise ships can you still experience AK w/o hordes of people and ships?

 

Plus Mega Ships coming too: NCL Bliss, Princess Regal......

We noticed how very busy the ports were last year :( We are aware enough to know that we are part of the problem.

We manage to avoid much of the horde by leaving the port area, and going places that are not on the "you gotta do this" lists. For us, being away from the hordes is still do-able.

We went in early May, with HAL. I believe we were one of the first ships up the Inside Passage for that season, and we were the only ship in the 3 ports: Juneau, Skagway, and Ketchikan. It was a bit cooler weather-wise, but we were able to avoid the hordes. I was also able to see how many (and which) ships were going to be in port on our days by checking the Alaska port authority timetable. Consider doing that, although I'm not sure how early they post these if your were to do that before booking. Of course, during the summer months, there will be many many more ships. We didn't do any land tours, but in 2013 were lucky enough to do our own driving tour of Yukon (which is the Canadian territory next to Alaska, so very similar) and it was virtually empty everywhere! And we were there in August. So much space, so few vehicles--it was amazing! Consider that if you want to avoid teeming crowds everywhere you go.