A leader in small company cruising, Cruise West is the largest American-owned cruise line. The Cruise West Line is owned by two generations of families that are based out of Seattle, Washington. This company has worked very hard to develop a more personalized tour that is not usually the normal run-of-the mill tours, but with on-board narrative and lectures. They also feature speaking individuals who are informative about local culture and information of that particular tour, also coming from many backgrounds in order to enhance the lectures. The Cruise West has ten small ships that hold approximately between 70 and 138 guests each. There is a warm, comfortable, and good-natured comradeship between the travelers onboard and their staff, due to the smallness of the ship and the type of cruise they are embarking on with

Some of the unique destinations of the Cruise West Cruise tours are Alaska and the Bering Sea, Columbia & Snake Rivers, California Wine Country, Mexico’s Sea of Cortes, the South Pacific, and many others. Along with the breathtaking Cruise West to Alaska and the Bering Sea, CruiseWest has recently opened up new routes to Vietnam’s historical capitals, along with their traditional Caribbean Cruise West tour. The Alaska Cruise West offers blogs about Cruise West Alaska, Alaska sightseeing Cruise West, Cruise West Alaska Cruises, and Cruise West Cruise Line. In addition, reviews of Cruise West offer professional information on discount Alaskan Cruise West Cruises or personal reviews of Cruise West.

If Alaska is the destination of a life time for you, then there are three cruise types—Inside Passage, Gulf of Alaska, and Bering Sea. All will lead to some of the most vast and beautiful scenery known to man, with over 750,000 travelers sailing on the Alaskan waters during their five to six month cruise season. The Inside Passage Cruise sails from Seattle or Vancouver to southeast Alaska, known as the “panhandle of Alaska.” These cruises involve the Glacier National Park area, which is usually cheaper as the departure and return are from the same port. The Gulf of Alaska is both the Inside Passage and south central coast, while the Bering Seas involves both North America and Asia cruises. The larger mainstream cruises do not go this far north but are available through a package “add on” to the original cruise—the add on can be anywhere from one or two days to a week.