Category: Theme Cruises
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Whale Watching Cruises in Juneau, Alaska: A Guide
The whale watching opportunities in Juneau are vast. This makes sense, given that Juneau is the largest city in southeast Alaska, and given that southeast Alaska is one of the best places in the world to whale watch. Humpback whales are the main focus of whale watching cruises in Juneau because they feed in great numbers in the waters surrounding the city, but it is also possible to see killer whales, along with a wide variety of other forms of marine life. Since there are so many different options to sift through, we composed the following guide to whale watching in Juneau, Alaska. By looking through our overview, you should be able to quickly determine the type of whale watching cruise you want to take, which will largely depend on the circumstances that bring you to Juneau. Read more […] -
Whale Watching Cruises in Glacier Bay, Alaska: A Guide
We had quite a bit of difficulty coming up with the name of this article – “Whale Watching Cruises in Glacier Bay, Alaska” – because it is hard to define the precise region in which these whale watching cruises take place. The whale watching cruises we are referring to are offered in what is roughly the Glacier Bay National Park area, but the real focus of the cruises is Point Adolphus, one of the best places in the world to see Humpback whales. However, the whale watching also takes place near the Icy Strait Point, which is to the southeast of Point Adolphus. Most whale watching outfits in this area can’t really be said to be based “in” or “at” any of these locations, though; instead, they primarily operate out of Gustavus, Alaska, an extremely small town with an airport. Moreover, the whale watching cruises in the Glacier Bay area take totally different forms, and there is really only one company that offers standard whale watching cruises. In short, the situation is complex, so below we sort out the whale watching scene in and around Glacier Bay. Read more […] -
Whale Watching Cruises in Alaska: A Guide
Given its enormous shoreline and the pristine waters off its coast, Alaska is a natural place for whale watching. If you are near the coast and some sign of civilization, there is a decent chance that a company nearby is operating whale watching cruises. However, Alaska is a massive state whose shoreline is exposed to a vast swath of the Pacific Ocean, so it is hard to keep track of all the whale watching opportunities in the state. A search for “whale watching cruises in Alaska” will bring up a crippling flood of information. For this reason, we thought it would be helpful to organize some of the basics about whale watching in Alaska in one brief article, covering what whales you can see and some of the general places you can whale watch. Read more […] -
Dining Cruises in Corpus Christi: A Guide
Technically, there are dining cruises in Corpus Christi, but the situation is complicated. Hornblower Cruises, one of the nation’s largest dining cruise operators, has a ship based in Corpus Christi, but it isn’t used for regularly scheduled dining cruises, like the brunch, lunch, and dinner cruises that you can take in other cities in which Hornblower Cruises operates. Instead, the ship can be chartered for private events, which can include a dining component. There is also a somewhat undefinable entity called Harrison’s Landing that offers a few things that are kind of like dining cruises, but not exactly. Below we have presented all these options in our guide to dining cruises in Corpus Christi. Read more […] -
Dining Cruises in Long Beach: A Guide
Even though the large dining cruise company Hornblower Cruises has a branch in the city, there are no regularly scheduled dining cruises in Long Beach. That is, there are no brunch, lunch, or dinner cruises in Long Beach that are open for public booking. However, Hornblower, along with a couple of other companies, allows you to rent ships for private dining cruises, and there are also some dining cruises that depart near Long Beach, and below we explore these different possibilities in more depth. Read more […] -
Dining Cruises in Newport Beach: A Guide
There are a number of dining cruises, including brunch, dinner, and holiday cruises, in New Port Beach, and thanks to the city’s year-round Mediterranean climate, these cruises are offered throughout the year. Essentially all the dining cruises are offered by Hornblower Cruises, which is one of the nation’s major providers of dining cruises, one that happens to have a particularly heavy presence in California. However, there are other dining cruise providers if you include companies that charter boats for private events. Below we have compiled a guide to dining cruises in Newport Beach, which focuses on Hornblower, but a couple of the boat chartering companies are touched on as well. Read more […]
