First cruise May 7
May 7 will kick off the company’s first full sailing from Juneau with even more time in Glacier Bay National Park. The Alaska season will include six adventure itineraries on vessels carrying 22 to 86 passengers, with fully vaccinated crews. The company’s recent policy requires all passengers to provide proof of vaccination, too. We understand the importance of cruise lines in the Alaska economy and a return to sailing to the future of my company, Blanchard said. Vaccinations are on the rise and data has shown that Alaska has outperformed other states during the pandemic. There is hope on the horizon, and Alaska is wide open for us this season.
The TSA has renewed its mask mandate for airplanes and other public transportation, the Canadian border remains closed and cruise lovers are still in wait-and-see mode.
Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - UnCruise Adventures begins their season in Alaska starting with the Safari Cruise on Friday, May 7, from Juneau.
Dan Blanchard, CEO of UnCruise Adventures, said in a Juneau Chamber of Commerce Luncheon on Thursday that UnCruise will be operating six small ships in Alaska this summer. Their season was extended to start three weeks earlier than orginally planned, and will also extend several weeks later in September. We won t be back up to 2019 levels, he said. We were originally expected around 4,500 guests this summer, but I believe we have a good opportunity to get that up to just shy of 6,000. He added that guests on their ships are typically ones that come to town and stay in hotels.
Juneau, AK, sailings with air/hotel arrangements paid by the small-ship line.
Since the line s Alaska ships are both small and American-flagged, they re able to sail in Alaska this year for two reasons. First, they re not covered by the restrictions of the
Center for Disease Control and Prevention s (CDC)
Conditional Sail Order;
Canada s ban on cruise ships) as foreign-flagged ships do when sailing between
U.S. ports, per current U.S. law.
Replacement Voyages, Air/Hotel Costs Absorbed
Over the weekend, UnCruise Adventures quickly moved to try and save the vacations of guests. It offered guests on those cancelled voyages an alternative itinerary out of Juneau and told them it will also cover their airfare to/from Juneau and hotel stays.
UnCruise To Restart Alaska Sailings From Juneau on May 7 May 04, 2021
UnCruise Adventures has announced that due to the high demand for its sailings, it will be restarting its Alaska sailings from Juneau on May 7, earlier than previously expected. According to a press release, the cruise line quickly modified three Pacific Northwest sailings after Washington State COVID protocols affected departure dates. UnCruise said that instead of cancelling, it decided to “save the long-awaited adventure cruises of dozens of guests offering them an alternative itinerary out of Juneau, covering guest airfare and hotels to ensure an unforgettable experience.”
“When recent changes were made affecting our Seattle departures, I knew I could not disappoint our guests with another cancellation. Some of our guests have been waiting on this cruise for two or three years,” said UnCruise CEO Dan Blanchard. “It makes me proud to see my team jump into action and ready to do wh