Gilded Latitude – Juneau & Tracy Arm from San Francisco

About this cruise

10 nights, 5 ports, all from San Francisco on May 13, 2026. The route visits Ketchikan, Juneau, Skagway, Tracy Arm Fjord and Prince Rupert and the whole thing just flows. It starts gently with sea days, so by the time you reach the first port you'll have explored the ship and actually feel on holiday. Glaciers calving into the water, bald eagles overhead, and air that smells like pine. It's a different kind of cruise. You get around 8 hours in each port, which is enough for an excursion, lunch, and some wandering around on your own. When you're not ashore, There are 11 restaurants on Ruby Princess, so you'd need to double up a few evenings to try them all in 10 nights. One of the underrated parts of a longer cruise: you actually get to know people. The couple from dinner, the group at trivia, the bartender who remembers your drink. A May departure catches that sweet window of warm-enough weather before the summer rush. Whether you've cruised before or not, this 10-night itinerary is a genuinely good one.