sandjforever Posted May 16, 2019 #1 Share Posted May 16, 2019 I just booked a cruisetour for next year. I was wondering if anyone knows what hotel they use in Fairbanks? We are there the first night and then travel to Denali Princess Wilderness Lodge and then Mt. McKinley Princess Wilderness Lodge. Thanks - SandJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CruiserBruce Posted May 16, 2019 #2 Share Posted May 16, 2019 Did you ask on the Princess board? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AKStafford Posted May 16, 2019 #3 Share Posted May 16, 2019 Probably the Fairbanks Princess Lodge: https://www.princesslodges.com/princess-alaska-lodges/fairbanks-lodge/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northern Aurora Posted May 16, 2019 #4 Share Posted May 16, 2019 I also suspect you will be at the Fairbanks Princess, but they (at least in the past) have also used the Westmark on occasion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newcruise12 Posted May 18, 2019 #5 Share Posted May 18, 2019 (edited) We are booked on a Princess cruisetour for June 2019 (yay, next month!), and our Cruise Personalizer website page said: “You will be assigned a hotel prior to travel. This information will be available in the Cruise Personalizer or Princess.com.” This week our travel agent emailed us that Princess has booked us into the Bear Lodge, 212 Wedgewood Drive. The reviews I found seemed good. One reviewer said it used to be an apartment building, and units have a full kitchen. Edited May 18, 2019 by newcruise12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Coral Posted May 18, 2019 #6 Share Posted May 18, 2019 On 5/16/2019 at 1:27 PM, CruiserBruce said: Did you ask on the Princess board? Because this is the Alaska board. More people here would know the answer than there. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northern Aurora Posted May 19, 2019 #7 Share Posted May 19, 2019 3 hours ago, newcruise12 said: We are booked on a Princess cruisetour for June 2019 (yay, next month!), and our Cruise Personalizer website page said: “You will be assigned a hotel prior to travel. This information will be available in the Cruise Personalizer or Princess.com.” This week our travel agent emailed us that Princess has booked us into the Bear Lodge, 212 Wedgewood Drive. The reviews I found seemed good. One reviewer said it used to be an apartment building, and units have a full kitchen. The Bear Lodge is the newer part of the Wedgewood Resort. It is a Fountainhead property. The Wedgewood complex has one and two bedroom apartments which can either be leased long term or leased short term (ie by the month or week). Another Fountainhead property, the Sophie Station Hotel, has rooms similar in design to an Embassy Suite property. Since the Bear Lodge seemed to have been built as a more traditional hotel property, I have always wondered if it is similar in design to the Sophie Station property. But in any event, the Fountainhead Antique Auto Museum is also on the Wedgewood-Bear Lodge property. In the past they have a offered a reduced admission to those staying in a Fountainhead hotel. Also, the Creamer's Field Migratory Wildlife Refuge is contiguous, and Friends of Creamer's Field offers daily guided walked during the summer. And, finally, Fountainhead also operates a trolley type bus which has a circuit through town. I saw the bus for the first time this summer on Thursday, so they are clearing operating again this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newcruise12 Posted May 19, 2019 #8 Share Posted May 19, 2019 Thanks, Northern Aurora! Looking forward to it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kennicott Posted May 19, 2019 #9 Share Posted May 19, 2019 It's been years since I stayed in Fairbanks. But used to do a lot of business there and even before that went to college there for five winters. I had a week long class one time for about 30, I got an excellent rate for the entire class since it was their grand opening at the Princess Lodge. After that I stayed with them a lot. Then the Sophie Station Hotel opened and I used that every since. I would jump at the chance today to try out this "Bear Lodge" facility as Northern Aurora defines it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandjforever Posted May 21, 2019 Author #10 Share Posted May 21, 2019 Awesome, thanks for the info! We are super excited even though we have a year to wait! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nukesubsailor Posted May 22, 2019 #11 Share Posted May 22, 2019 On 5/16/2019 at 1:20 PM, sandjforever said: I just booked a cruisetour for next year. I was wondering if anyone knows what hotel they use in Fairbanks? We are there the first night and then travel to Denali Princess Wilderness Lodge and then Mt. McKinley Princess Wilderness Lodge. Thanks - SandJ Log into your cruise personalizer and click on the schedule. Then click on the "View Details" for the first day and if it is like mine it will tell you the name of the place you will stay at. Mine says we are at the Princess Riverside Wilderness Lodge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandjforever Posted May 31, 2019 Author #12 Share Posted May 31, 2019 On 5/21/2019 at 8:20 PM, nukesubsailor said: Log into your cruise personalizer and click on the schedule. Then click on the "View Details" for the first day and if it is like mine it will tell you the name of the place you will stay at. Mine says we are at the Princess Riverside Wilderness Lodge. Mine doesn't show anything yet, but maybe because it is so far out. I will keep checking though! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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