by Becky Benson

Created on: July 31, 2009

What happens when you combine intimacy with luxury and opulence, class with excitement and adventure? You bring together the most perfectly romantic vacation. Now how do you combine all these to suit your needs and take you to Alaska? Alaska is so majestic. Why pick just one destination, why not take a cruise?

Embarking on a cruise is a journey that will bring you close and show you all the wonders of the region along the way. What's more romantic than being immersed in the experience of a cruise and all it has to offer together? If you are Alaska bound there are a few ways to go about you cruise planning. Most cruise lines have ships that travel to Alaska in the extended summer months and leave from various ports, such as Seattle, WA and Vancouver, BC. The ports of call will include some combination of Skagway, AK, Juneau, AK, Sitka, AK, Ketchikan, AK, and Victoria, BC depending on the length of your cruise, route taken, and the departure point.

Once you have set sail you are fully immersed in luxury on a cruise ship. From the formal dining, to the dancing, music, and spa treatments you receive to the quality of the attention to detail that has been put into the comfort of your cabin. Whether you want to be out and about wrapped up in the night life, or simply back in the privacy of your cabin ordering room service a cruise has something to offer everyone.

Cruising to Alaska takes you through the magnificent Glacier Bay where you come face to face with a twenty one mile long ice river . Cozy up in each others arms and take in the scenery as you watch nature at it's finest. Sip some cocoa while you listen for the "white thunder" of the ice plummeting into the ocean. An experience you're sure to remember.

Once you begin making stops at your ports of call you will soon see that a cruise gives you all the best Alaska has to offer. By choosing various shore excursions once you dock in a given port you have the unique-to-cruising opportunity to explore the region you are visiting. Choose form sight seeing adventures by float-plane, animal watching, glacier tours that take you onto the ice, underwater exploration in semi-sub, wine tasting, gold panning, touring historic places, dry suit snorkeling, dog sled riding, horse drawn carriage, and so many more.

The best part is that you are not structured into doing anything you don't care to. You make the vacation your own, and tailor it to your desires. The trip can be as adventurous or relaxing as you wish, but one thing's for certain: when you're with the one you love the romance and magic that the beautiful state of Alaskahas to offer will follow you the entire time.

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