Gilded Echoes – Juneau, Skagway & Whittier

About this cruise

A 14-night sailing gives you something shorter trips can't: the feeling that you're not just visiting places but actually living somewhere else for a while. This one leaves Vancouver on July 29, 2026 and visits Ketchikan, Juneau, Skagway, Hubbard Glacier, Whittier and Glacier Bay. A few ports come in quick succession, which is great for sightseeing but means you'll appreciate the sea days when they arrive. Glaciers calving into the water, bald eagles overhead, and air that smells like pine. It's a different kind of cruise. Whittier alone is worth the trip, Alaska's hidden fjord portal. Around 10 hours per port on average, which is generous enough to go beyond the obvious. Coral Princess has 11 restaurants on board, which means you could eat somewhere different nearly every night. There are enough performances, events, and social mixers on a cruise this length that you couldn't do them all if you tried. And that's a good problem. Vancouver itself is worth spending some time in. Don't just treat it as a departure point. The timing works well too: warm evenings on deck, late sunsets, and a lively atmosphere. Worth booking. That's the short version.