Untamed Alaskan Wilderness – Ketchikan & Glacier Bay

About this cruise

You board in Seattle on August 24, 2026 for 9 nights visiting Ketchikan, Icy Strait Point, Juneau, Skagway, Glacier Bay and Victoria, and you come back from this kind of trip wondering why you don't do it more often. 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. Victoria alone is worth the trip, English gardens on Canada's Pacific coast. Around 12 hours per port on average, which is generous enough to go beyond the obvious. There are 14 restaurants on Norwegian Joy, so you'd need to double up a few evenings to try them all in 9 nights. Seattle 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.