Vancouver to Seward Cruises
Sail in the footsteps of Muir or London on a route north through the Inside Passage.
Vancouver to Seward Alaska Cruises
Celebrity and Royal Caribbean typically run seven-day cruises from Vancouver to Seward. Ships embark from the Canada Place cruise terminal in Vancouver Harbor. The terminal doubles as a visitor center and event space, offering everything from cultural exhibits to an interpretive waterside walking path to free outdoor movie nights in the summer. The city itself is rich with diverse experiences like these. Many cruise passengers enjoy two to three full days exploring Vancouver before their Alaska cruise.
Northbound ships on this route make their opening port call in Ketchikan, a tiny fishing community aptly nicknamed "Alaska's First City." From Ketchikan, most cruises next visit Juneau, the state capital and home of Mendenhall Glacier. Some cruise lines may make an additional call at Icy Strait. This small, privately owned port is known for the longest single zipline in the world.
Although days in port and innumerable shore excursions treat cruisers to the fantastic experiences, Alaska's glaciers still star on this route. Cruise lines spend a full day sightseeing in either Glacier Bay National Park or along the six-mile face of Hubbard Glacier. This is essential Alaska: Indescribable landscapes of ancient ice amidst breathtaking wilderness.
Ships come to their final dock in Seward after a nighttime cruise through the Gulf of Alaska into Resurrection Bay. It's quite the place to wake, with the ship surrounded by emerald mountains draped in snowfields that linger well into summer. Disembarking passengers have several post-cruise options. Some choose to take a day or two in Seward to enjoy the town and venture out on a day tour into Kenai Fjords National Park. Passengers connecting to early evening flights out of Anchorage can take the Park Connection Motorcoach's special Seward Cruise Transfer. And for passengers starting on the land portion of their grand Alaska vacation, the Alaska Railroad afternoon train heading north departs just half a mile from the Seward cruise dock.
