Princess Cruises' 2025 Alaska has some longer trips, national parks tour

New are a 22-day round-trip from San Francisco on Ruby Princess that coincides with the summer solstice, a 17-day round-trip from Seattle on Grand Princess with three days of scenic glacier viewing and a 16-day round-trip Inside Passage voyage from Los Angeles on Grand Princess.

National parks cruise-tour

The national parks cruise-tour returns with a 15-night adventure to five of Alaska's most breathtaking parks: Glacier Bay, Denali, Wrangell-St. Elias, Kenai Fjords National Park and Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park in Skagway. This combines a seven-day 'Voyage of the Glacier's cruise, scenic rail travel and multiple days on land, including stays at four Princess-owned wilderness lodges.

Caribbean Princess debut

Seven Princess ships will chart Alaska in 2025, including Caribbean Princess for the first time. In addition, the number of homeports expands to five with the addition of Los Angeles, with the season featuring 21 destinations and four glacier-viewing experiences, highlighted by 88 visits to Glacier Bay National Park.

Princess will operate 155 departures of 18 unique itineraries ranging from four to 22 days. More than 26 cruise-tours are available.

'Voyage of the Glaciers' and Inside Passage

The line's week-long 'Voyage of the Glaciers' features Juneau, Skagway, Ketchikan and two glacier-viewing experiences at Glacier Bay and Hubbard Glacier or College Fjord. Caribbean Princess, Coral Princess and Sapphire Princess will operate weekly northbound and southbound cruises between Vancouver, BC and Whitier.

Inside Passage cruises are available in seven-day round-trips from Seattle and Vancouver, as well as 11-day round-trips from San Francisco and Vancouver that include four ports of call and a day of glacier viewing. Many of these cruises visit Glacier Bay. Discovery Princess and Royal Princess will sail weekly from Seattle, Grand Princess weekly from Vancouver and Ruby Princess will operate the San Francisco series.

Three itineraries of four to five days are available on several ships.