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Early Booking Discounts for AlaskaNow
is the time to book your small ship cruise for next year to Alaska What about cruises that isn’t of the typical mass market variety? Small ship cruising offers an attractive alternative. Do you dream of visiting more off-the-beaten-path destinations? See the barnacles on the skin of a whale up close? Touch an iceberg? Small ship cruising provides optimum quality and value for exploration-minded people who want to get up close to nature. Small ship cruises are characterized by the up-close, personal, participatory experience you are looking for. Small ships are perfect for intimate exploration of off-the-beaten track waterways, narrow channels and tiny ports that passengers on large ships will never see. Here are the Cruise West Savings on 2006 Alaska Cruise West is offering a savings of up to $1,800 per person on its 2006 Alaskan itineraries. The Early Booking Savings is available to any traveler who books by Dec. 9 for cruises scheduled to depart through June 15, 2006. Savings range from $200 to $1,600 per person. For any departure after June 15, 2006, passengers can save between $100 and $800 per person if booked by the deadline - those who pay in full by Dec. 9 will receive an additional savings of $100 or $200 per person, depending on the itinerary. Cruise West’s 2006 Grand Voyages itineraries, where guests have the opportunity to trace Edward Henry Harriman’s scientific expedition of 1899 and travel by inflatable excursion craft as Jacques Cousteau once did through Alaska’s wildlife wonderland with the option of 12- to 25-day cruises. For In Harriman’s Wake, Cruise West guests can save $1,600 per person on the May 28 departure and $800 per person on the June 19, July 13 and August 4, 2006 departures. The Coastal Odyssey itineraries and Voyage to the Bering Sea itineraries departing prior to June 15 offer savings of $800 per person; the Coastal Odyssey cruises and Voyage to the Bering Sea cruises sailing after June 15 provide guests with a $400 savings. For any of these departure cutoffs, guests can save an additional $200 if booked and paid in full by the deadline. The Alaska Inside Passage, Wilderness Inside Passage, Gold Rush Inside Passage and Glacier Bay Highlights Cruise & Land Tour, and Best of Both Worlds itineraries take Cruise West guests on an Alaskan voyage through icy fjords and glaciers and small sounds along narrow waterways. For Cruise West departures on six of the eight small vessels leaving prior to June 15, guests can save $400 per person. For departures after June 15, guests can book by the deadline for a $200 savings. For either departure cutoff, guests can save an additional $100 if booked and paid in full by the deadline. On the Glacier Bay Highlights and Inside Passage Daylight Yacht Tour cruise itineraries, guests have the chance to thoroughly explore Glacier Bay National Park. By adding a land tour to the cruise, guests will experience Denali National Park and stay at some of the most beautiful and remote inns and lodges in Alaska. On these itineraries, Cruise West offers a $200 savings for those who book by December 9 for departures before June 15 and $100 for departures after June 15. For all departures, guests may save an additional $100 per person if payments are complete by the same deadline. At Cruise West, taxes, port charges, fees and onboard services are all included in the itinerary prices. Tips are neither expected nor required. -
Up-Close, Casual and Personal Cruising - For every booking made by October 20, 2005 for any Cruise West departure through 2005 and 2006, I will give you $100.00 shipboard credit on sailings of 7 days or longer and for shorter cruises I will give $50.00 shipboard credit per cabin. In addition to your shipboard credit I also offer you my BEAR discount of 5-10% off the cruise fare on selected departures in all Cruise West destinations: Alaska, British Columbia Coast, Columbia & Snake Rivers, California Wine Country, Mexico, Central America – Costa Rica & Panama, South Pacific and Japan. Joining my BEAR Club is easy and it’s free Cruise West is the largest-American owned cruise line and operate only small ships with 120 passengers or less. Cruise West – a second-generation, family-owned business – offers the opportunity to explore remote, worldwide locales by providing distinctive, one-of-a-kind, personalized itineraries not offered by the traditional larger cruise lines. The casual style onboard encourages relaxation and congenial interaction between guests and crew alike. Flagship Spirit of Oceanus takes guests beyond the expected into the chronicles of exploration Retracing one of the world’s most famous scientific expeditions…undertaking an epic odyssey on a legendary route between two worlds…taking an incredible journey to the top of the world and beyond…while these may sound like adventures from the pages of an H.G. Wells novel, they are actually descriptions of what guests can experience on Cruise West’s four 2006 Grand Voyages itineraries aboard the line’s flagship Spirit of Oceanus. The Ring of Fire itinerary, offered September 22, 2006, is a 13-day voyage from Anchorage to Tokyo and showcases the active geology and fascinating cultures of lands such as the Kuril Islands – heavily forested and volcanic (home to more than 100 volcanoes, 35 currently active). In Harriman’s Wake, Coastal Odyssey and Voyage to the Bering Sea, each offered from May through August 2006, provide Cruise West’s guests with the choice of 12- to 25-day itineraries to explore ancient history, witnessing sights beyond their imagination in Alaska and Russia and interacting with the people of the First Nations – all with the casual comfort and personal interaction of small-ship cruising. The Ring of Fire explores mysterious lands while aboard the Spirit of Oceanus, including Petropavlosk in the Russian Far East, Kamchatka Peninsula, Atlasova Island and Ptichi Islands – one of the most exciting places for birdwatching, seeking slaty-backed gulls, tufted puffins, common murres, Asian rosy finches and peregrines. The small ship then takes Cruise West guests on through the Kuril Islands – Yankicha Island, Simushir Island, Chirpoy Islands, Urup Island and Kurilsk, Iturup Island – the largest village in the Kuril Islands. The Spirit of Oceanus also takes guests to the northern islands of Japan – Kushiro, Tomakomai, Niigata and, finally, Tokyo. Guests have the option of extending the Ring of Fire cruise with a four-day Japan land tour, exploring temples and shrines in Kyoto and Nara, including the Todaiji Temple with its 49-foot-tall Buddha. Ring of Fire cruises begin at $4,999 per person, double-occupancy; the Japan land tour option starts at $7,249 per person, double-occupancy. In Harriman’s Wake blends the 12-day Coastal Odyssey and 14-day Voyage to the Bering Sea itineraries, sailing from Vancouver to the Bering Sea – even crossing the Arctic Circle – on a 25-day voyage of almost 3,600 miles. The voyage traces the famed route of E.H. Harriman, the influential 19th century American businessman who embarked on the ultimate “vacation” to Alaska accompanied by some of the world’s most prominent people of that time. The voyage produced major new scientific discoveries and provided an invaluable assessment and survey of the Alaskan environment. On Cruise West’s comprehensive voyage, the Spirit of Oceanus sails up the Canadian Inside Passage on to Glacier Bay, through Prince William Sound, Kenai, Kodiak and Katmai National Park. Guests travel by inflatable excursion craft to the Shumagin Islands and, after stopping at Unalaska, the Spirit of Oceanus takes guests to the Pribilof Islands and Yukon Delta National Refuge. Reaching the Russian Far East, Cruise West guests explore the Bering Sea and the rugged shoreline of Russia’s Chukotka Peninsula. There they may also visit villages such as Novoye Chaplino, Gambell, Savoonga or Yanrakynnot, and then sail across the Arctic Circle. Voyages start at $14,449 per person, double-occupancy, and sail May 28, June 19, July 13 & August 4. On the 12-day Coastal Odyssey itinerary, the Spirit of Oceanus takes guests on the same route as In Harriman’s Wake from British Columbia to the Prince William Sound, beginning at $6,249 per person, double-occupancy. The Spirit of Oceanus cruises the Coastal Odyssey itinerary May 6, 17 & 28, July 2 & 13, and August 17 & 28. The Spirit of Oceanus also takes guests on a Voyage to the Bering Sea from Anchorage, crossing the Arctic Circle, to Nome. As on the In Harriman’s Wake cruise, guests also have the option of visiting one or more villages in the Bering Sea: Novoye Chaplino, Yanrakynnot or Savoonga. Cruises start at $8,399 per person, double-occupancy, sailing June 7 & 19, July 23, and August 4. All three Alaskan Grand Voyages can be extended with a Denali National Park and Preserve land tour, traveling via motorcoach – hoping to view Mt. McKinley, the highest mountain in North America, soaring to 20,320 feet. While lodging in Denali, guests have the option to “flightsee” around Mt. McKinley, heli-hike or whitewater raft. Guests then travel north to Fairbanks by motorcoach for a day of sightseeing and a ride down the Chena and Tanana Rivers on an authentic sternwheeler riverboat – one of the most popular means of transportation in the North for over a century. After another night stay, guests depart from Fairbanks for their journey home. On the Coastal Odyssey and Voyage to the Bering Sea cruises, guests may further prolong their stay in Denali by lodging at one of the extraordinary wilderness lodges, including Winterlake Lodge, situated along the Iditarod Trail, 198 miles from Anchorage, accessible only by floatplane in the summer, or Redoubt Bay Lodge, located within a 171,000-acre critical habitat with one of the densest bear population in Alaska, overlooking Big River Lakes and accessible by floatplane. Kristina is your Cruise West vacation travel expert. Cruise West suggests that you book their cruises with a Preferred Small Ship Partner. When you requested material from them, they passed on your contact information to me. I am a Certified Travel Counselor, a Master Cruise Counselor & Destination Specialist certified by The Travel Institute and Cruise Lines International Association. I am a Cruise West and Alaska Specialist. I have been awarded Destination Specialty Certificates & Awards by the national tourist boards of Alaska, Africa, Aruba, Austria, Australia, Barbados, Botswana, Cape Town, the Caribbean, Cayman Islands, Costa Rica, Copenhagen, Egypt, Fiji, Great Britain, Hawaii, The Netherlands, Japan, Kenya, Mexico, St. Lucia, Scandinavia, Sweden, South Africa, the South Pacific and Tahiti. Contact
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