Sapphire Princess Alaska Cruisetour 2007

All I can say is WOW! Well, actually there is alot more I can say but the fact is this was the best cruise I have taken yet.

Jen Mitchell, Travel Consultant Betty Maclean Travel, Inc Phone: 800-865-8111 or email: Jen@BettyMacleanTravel.com Check out my blog to read more and see more pics: www.CruiseWithJen.blogspot.com

Will (my husband)and I took a group of 50 wonderful people to Alaska and boy did we have a great time. I have to say this was a great bunch and they really kept us smiling....Most were from Tallahassee but some came from other places in the US and Jose Ma and Gin Tugas came all the way from the Philippines! I know I should try to keep this short but there is just so much to say about our time there. I thought I would break it down almost by the places we went to keep my mind somewhat orginized while typing this. So here I go........... FLIGHT- While this was not the longest flight I have been on it sure came close. We flew in from Tallahasse to Atlanta and from Atlanta to Anchorage. The good news is we got to watch 3 movies which helped the time go by. We landed at about 7:30pm which was late my time ....11:30pm. ANCHORAGE- When we got to Anchorage for some reason we were wide awake and ready to check out the city and quickly changed clothes and went to dinner at the Glacier Brewhouse. We also happened to see the best sunset ever! It was all colors of pink, red, orange and lit up over the mountains which was just amazing. Now back to food (Notice Ill do this often)I splurged and had the king crab legs which I was thinking about for weeks before my trip. They were delicious! We also shared a peanut butter chocolate pie type desert. YUMMMM :) The food totally made me crash, mind you it was by that time 2:30 our time so we hit the hay for the night. Funny thing happened the next morning....you know how jet lag works, and being that we are 4 hours behind in Alaska I woke up at what I thought was 4am thinking there was no way I could sleep any longer. Well, after getting up and dressed we found out the clock in our room was set to another time zone and it was in fact 7:00am...Great, just in time for our breakfast buffet! hehe In Anchorage there was so much to do. We spent the entire day checking out Anchorage top to bottom, hoping to burn off some of the food we ate and were about to eat :) First thing we did was take a Trolly Tour which was alot of fun and only $10 each, and we got to see alot of Anchorage in just an hour. Than we walked into quite a few gift shops on 4th ave. What do you know its food time again...so we decided to have a quick raindeer sausage hot dog from a street vendor. We took a little longer walk to the Ulu factory to see them making the authentic Ulus and watch the Salmon running from the bridge over the river. For dinner we went with Ken and Marcia Stoner to a little Seafood place on 5th Ave. TIME TO MEET THE GROUP! After dinner we met with the group to answer some questions about luggage tags for the trip. TRAIN DAY- This morning was an early morning but with the time change was not so bad. We all gathered in the lobby and boarded the bus to get to the train. We met our tour guide Grant, who I have to say was fabulous! He was funny and very knowledgeable about Alaska and its history. The train was one of the highlights of the trip. We were so lucky from the day we got there the weather was perfect. Since it was so clear we were able to get some perfect pictures of Mt. MnKinnley and all of its surroundings. DENALI- We checked into our hotel McKinnley Villages after a short motorcoach tour of the area. We than went into town and had some dinner at Lynx Creek Pizza which was great and CHEAP! Our hotel was right on the river so not only did we have a nice view but we sat out by the river for a bit of relaxation. Will likes to take a little momento from everwhere we go go he picked up a handfull of sand and took that home in a jar :) To each him own I get. I guess that just means more money for my momento...hehe. The next day we got up early, really early, and had a nice buffet breakfast at the hotel. We were the 3rd bus to go into Denali National Park which gave us a better chance at wildlife viewings. We saw Doll Sheep, Moose, Bears (real close up to the bus, and Caribou. Got some great snapshots on that trip. Next day we took a motorcoach back to Anchorage and on the way stopped at the Alaska Native Heratige Center. This was also fun and educational on Alaskan history. What I liked best was going into the authentic native houses they built to demonstrate how they lived. WHITTIER- We took a motorcoach to Whittier where we picked up a Sea Life Cruise in Prince WIlliam Sound. I have to say the whole group loved this part of the tour! Again the weather was perfect and we got some amazing pictures of Seals, Otters, and Glaciers!

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[manguripon]

what is the title of the song? so touching

[TheFasteddie2010]

Nice song and video

[selmildemalyshow]

i say i went on this vacation last summer and it was just amazing especially since they had a remix club for teens there and meeting new freinds from all over the workd and just seeing all of nature like the bear, caramoes, mooses, goats, etc. We went 2 Denali national park and wihhiter which is were we stopped the curise from canada to whitter and took a land package for it. IT was just so amazing i wanted to stay there and we went on top of a glacier and it was beautiful n all the otha stops

[railfunny]

What an incredible vacation! Thanks for sharing.

[alicesavran]

Magnifique !