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e-brochure 2006 Alaska Cruises access any section of the e-brochure The Holland America Line e-brochure offers you enhanced information by using the bookmarks tab on the left side of the screen. click on the to help you plan your cruise vacation. In addition to all the essential topic of interest, and you will jump to that section immediately. details included in our printed brochure — port descriptions and photos, itineraries, itinerary maps, and ship deck plans — the e-brochure provides clickable links to the Holland America Line website www.hollandamerica.com for up-to-date information and resources. The Alaska Cruises e-brochure is a document in the Adobe® Portable Document Format (PDF), a publicly available format used by use adobe reader’s navigation arrows organizations around the world for secure, reliable electronic document to move a page forward or back, or to move to the beginning or end of the distribution. 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A Tradition Of Excellence 3 Fine crystal and fresh flowers set the stage for celebrating the day’s discoveries. 4 www.HollandAmerica.com A Tradition Of Excellence 5 While an elegantly appointed stateroom beckons you to relax. 6 www.hollandamerica.com Holland America’s ships were designed for Alaska cruising, with airy viewing lounges, wraparound decks and private verandahs that offer guests the chance to experience — in intimate elegance — Alaska’s glaciers, wildlife and scenery. classic design dazzling dining • Traditional, graceful ships designed • Diverse choice of dining venues: to be true ocean-going vessels elegant main Dining Room; • Wraparound Promenade Deck, teak fresh, cooked-to-order specialties deck chairs and classic nautical lines in the relaxed Lido Restaurant • Refined ambiance aboard spacious • The Pinnacle Grill, a popular mid-sized ships reservations-only restaurant featuring Sterling Silver premium • Spacious public rooms adorned beef and fresh seafood with fine art and antiques • Complimentary 24-hour a gracious retreat in-room dining • Spacious, elegantly appointed • Lunch and dinner menus created staterooms, many with private daily and seldom repeated verandahs • Extensive wine list, featuring wines • Luxurious Euro-Top beds and highly rated by Wine Spectator premium linens • Large, extra-fluffy Egyptian cotton activities & enrichment towels, plush bathrobes, magnifying programs mirrors, stylish new hair dryers • Culinary Arts Center presented by Food & Wine Magazine: Our master • Refrigerators, televisions and chefs offer tips for preparing salmon DVD players 50 different ways • Fresh fruit in room • New expanded Greenhouse Spa & • Nightly turndown service Salon with couple’s massage rooms and thermal suites for penthouse and deluxe verandah suite guests • Explorations Café, an interactive (categories ps, s & sa–sc) learning center powered by The New York Times • Use of the exclusive Neptune Lounge • Club HAL® for ages 3–7 and 8–12 • Luxurious duvets and pillows and separate teens-only outdoor • Fresh flowers Oasis and The Loft • Fully stocked no-host mini-bar • best overall cruise value • 24-hour one-touch telephone (13 consecutive years) — World concierge service Ocean & Cruise Liner Society Melt under the spell of a hot-stone massage. Let the sound of gentle chimes call you to dinner, where fresh wild Alaska salmon, grilled to perfection, awaits. www.hollandamerica.com 7 Come witness the drama of Alaska’s mighty glaciers sculpting the land before your eyes. Lorem ipsum classically-appointed nominis due lorem ipsum dolor. Lorem ipsum classically-appointed nominis due lorem ipsum dolor. Take a walk on the wild side atop a glacier-capped peak. No one knows Alaska like Holland America Line. No other company has the experience or the insight we have. From fascinating cultural programs that bring the Great Land to life to itineraries that showcase Alaska at its best, you’ll see more, learn more and experience a more memorable side of Alaska with Holland America Line. great land showcase alaskan perspectives • Widest selection of cruise • Park Service ranger on board to itineraries and departures, expertly provide fascinating commentary on designed to showcase Alaska’s Glacier Bay National Park wildlife, glaciers and scenery • Full-time naturalist on deck to • Three extraordinary cruise routes to provide insight into marine and choose from, each with an emphasis bird life, geology, glacial process and on Alaska’s breathtaking glaciers natural succession • Only cruise line to feature • Native Artist-in-Residence program Glacier Bay National Park on with lectures, small group sessions all three major cruise routes and hands-on crafts • New port! Introducing Icy Strait • Legends and lore of Glacier Bay Point for 2006 on all Hubbard as told by Huna Totem tribal Glacier Discovery cruises interpreters better on board • Complimentary hot cocoa and split- pea soup (a Dutch tradition) served • Spacious mid-sized ships with on deck mid-morning fewer guests preserve an intimate ambiance and uncrowded viewing going wild ashore • Five-star vessels designed to • Extensive range of shore excursions, showcase the outdoors, with huge from native cultural tours to viewing lounges, wraparound decks backcountry fishing and glacier and wide-open bows flightseeing • Largest staterooms of any major • The Medallion Collection: an cruise line in Alaska exclusive series of unique • Cozy wool blankets on each teak shore excursions such as bear lounge chair for comfortable watching and a Harley-Davidson® deck viewing motorcycle tour • Menus designed to feature fresh • The best cruisetour options to Alaskan specialties such as king Denali National Park and beyond crab legs and grilled salmon www.hollandamerica.com 11 Johns12 Hopkinsbook early Inlet and save Hubbard Glacier Hubbard Glacier Stand in awe before North America’s most massive tidewater glacier. This dazzling ice-blue behemoth fills your view and extends for miles at either side. It originates on the slopes of Mt. Logan 76 miles away in Kluane National Park and spreads across a valley 40 miles wide. By the time it reaches Disenchantment Bay, its architecture towers 40 stories high, dwarfing even the largest ships. Imagine coming face to face with a wall of ice five miles wide. Nicknamed the “Galloping Glacier,” Hubbard moves faster than almost any other glacier on the continent. It advanced so fast in 2002 that it dammed Russell Fjord. And now it threatens a repeat performance. As your ship sails along its looming mass, listen for the loud, deep rumble. Wait for the mighty crack and the thunderous crash. Then marvel as icebergs the size of large buildings crash into the sea. Cruising to Hubbard Glacier is just as inspiring. Marvel at a 150-mile-long wall of peaks that includes Mt. Logan and Mt. St. Elias — the second- and third-tallest mountains in North America. Encounter the mighty Malaspina, the largest piedmont glacier on the continent. As you approach Hubbard Glacier, watch for seals afloat on the ice. This is an experience you will long remember. inside tip Hubbard Glacier is offered on Alaskan Explorer cruises roundtrip from Seattle and on select Glacier Discovery cruise departures between Vancouver and Seward/Anchorage. 14 book early and save ports of call Icy Strait a sample of excursions Icy Strait Point available in icy strait brown bear search Immerse yourself in secluded beaches, old-growth forest and See grizzlies swatting salmon or foraging Alaskan adventure — the best of Southeast Alaska is yours, for berries as you hike through forest to special viewing platforms. including some of the best whale-watching and bear-viewing whales & marine opportunities anywhere. Once ashore, everything you’ve ever mammals cruise dreamed of can be found right here within easy walking distance, Cruise Icy Strait to Pt. Adolphus, renowned for its frequent visitors — near the entrance to glorious Glacier Bay. Icy Strait Point, the humpback and orca (killer) whales. newest and most exclusive Alaska cruise destination, derives its native tlingit “journey through time trail authentic cultural heritage from the residents of the cliffside ” Travel through the ages with a Native village of Hoonah, the largest Tlingit native settlement in Alaska. Huna Tlingit guide and explore a living Experience it firsthand on a fascinating tribal tour with Tlingit museum at trail’s end. saltwater salmon guides, storytellers and dancers. Whether you want to walk in the charter fishing woods, view pristine wildlife habitats or just relax and take in the Fish in waters where whales, sea otters, sea lions and porpoises feed against a remarkable views, you’ll find a full day of unforgettable adventures. stunning mountain backdrop. bike excursion and hoonah sightseeing Pedal seven miles through downtown Hoonah to the Alaska Marine Highway ferry terminal, boat harbor and more. inside tip forest & nature tram excursion With a policy of only one cruise ship per day, Icy Strait Point offers an uncrowded, Explore an old-growth forest watching for leisurely Alaska experience not found in other ports. deer, grizzly, whales, seals. Then view an active bald eagle’s nest. cannery historical tour & museum This unique hands-on tour lets you hold your own on the canning line as an “employee for the day.” native heritage center theater & tlingit dancers Enjoy a tribal story and dance performed by dancers in full regalia.