Coral Princess Review
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We selected a cruisetour for our Alaskan cruise. This was our 2nd Alaskan cruise on Princess and our 1st one was 5 years ago. We selected the Coral Princess as we had head many positive things about the ship. The cruisetour was wonderful - we did a 4 night land package which was 1 night in Anchorage, 1 night at Mt. McKinley and 2 nights in Denali. We enjoyed ourselves and had some wonderful excursions. Princess as always was right up there with their service and being sure our needs were met.
Our 1st night was spent at the Captain Cook hotel in Anchorage. Good location. Had dinner at Seafort's Salon & Grill which is approximately 1 block from the hotel. Excellent dinner. The next day we transferred by train to our next destination of Mt. McKinley. We arranged for the Byers Lake Nature Walk. Our guide was Freddy. There were 9 of us on the tour and it was very informative. Our guide introduced us to wild berries and we were all able to sample. I just loved the wild blueberries. We booked directly with the tour company and not thru Princess - same tour as we had Princess passengers with us but we paid $5.00 per person less! The Mt. McKinley Lodge is very nice but be aware there are not elevators so if stairs are an issue be sure your room is on the 1st floor.
In Denali we did the Homestead Husky Tour and the Tundra Tour. The Husky tour we booked directly and once again it is the same tour that Princess offers - but it was $5.00 per person less and the tour was more than I could imagine. The dogs, the puppies, seeing how they train the dogs, did I mention the dogs??? It really does give you some insight into what goes into training for this - not just the dogs, but the individual themselves. Now on the Tundra tour - we saw 8 bears, 1 wolf, 2 foxes, 1 bald eagle, 1 golden eagle, lots of Dall sheep, many different types of birds. It was wonderful, got very tired as it made for a long day but it was so worth it. 5 years ago we did the history tour and the amount of wildlife we saw on the Tundra tour was so much more than the History tour. Forget the history tour and go for the Tundra. It is what Alaska is all about. The natural beauty of it all.
Cabin Review
Our cabin was D724 which was a mini suite. It was stated that 4 people could share this cabin. We had 3 people in this cabin and it was crowded. The carpet was worn, the mattresses need replacement and the sofa bed is horrible. Compared to other mini suites that we have stayed in - this was smaller. As to closet and drawer space - we did have ample storage.