Sapphire Shards – Glacier Bay & Skagway
About this cruise
Long enough to properly switch off but not so long you need to reorganise your entire life. This 7-night sailing from Whittier on July 29, 2026 visits Hubbard Glacier, Glacier Bay, Skagway, Juneau, Ketchikan and Vancouver. The sailing ends in Vancouver. Expect a run of consecutive ports, 6 stops total, with the busiest days packed close together. The sea days around them feel earned. Glaciers calving into the water, bald eagles overhead, and air that smells like pine. It's a different kind of cruise. People come back from this cruise talking about Vancouver: Mountains, ocean, and cosmopolitan cool. Roughly 9 hours ashore per stop. No need to rush. Island Princess has 6 restaurants on board, which means you could eat somewhere different nearly every night. Whittier itself is worth spending some time in. Don't just treat it as a departure point. And July means long, warm days. Good for the ports, good for the pool. 6 ports, 2 countries, one suitcase. That's the appeal.