Key Aspects:
- Princess Cruises will offer its largest Alaska deployment in its history with eight ships and 187 departures in 2027.
- Sailings will be offered from five homeports from late April through September 2027.
- Early booking deals include up to 40 percent off.
A week after sister line Holland America Line announced its biggest Alaska season to date, Princess Cruises has unveiled its own plans for its largest-ever 2027 deployment in the Last Frontier, proving Carnival Corporation is betting big on Alaska.
Princess Cruises, aka “The Love Boat” line, will be deploying eight ships and offering 187 departures across 17 itineraries from Seattle, Vancouver, Anchorage (Whittier), San Francisco, and even Los Angeles.
“Few places captivate like Alaska – its beauty, its people, and its sense of wonder,” said Princess Cruises’ Terry Thornton, chief commercial officer. “That’s why our team puts so much heart into every detail of our Alaska season.”
Thornton says the season is designed to bring guests “closer to the soul of the Great Land,” including glaciers, wildlife, culture, and communities.
The itineraries and cruise features will feature these close-up opportunities both onboard and on shore. “All in a way only Princess can deliver,” he added.
Star Princess, the new Sphere Class ship debuting in October 2025, will spend her first season in Alaska in 2026 and is now scheduled to return in 2027. The 175,500-gross-ton vessel will operate weekly 7-day roundtrip Inside Passage voyages from Seattle.
Other ships in the 2027 Alaska lineup include Coral Princess, Crown Princess, Discovery Princess, Emerald Princess, Island Princess, Royal Princess, and Ruby Princess.
Itineraries range from 4 to 16 days with four glacier-viewing destinations: Glacier Bay National Park, Hubbard Glacier, College Fjord, and Endicott Arm and Dawes Glacier.
In fact, the season will feature 85 visits to Glacier Bay National Park, more than any other cruise line, according to Princess Cruises.
Sailings here include every-7-day Voyage of the Glaciers itineraries between Vancouver and Anchorage and all 14-day Grand Adventure voyages roundtrip from Vancouver.
Ports on the schedule include Ketchikan, Juneau, Skagway, Sitka, Haines, Icy Strait Point, and Victoria, British Colombia.
Princess will also continue to pair sailings with land-based cruisetours, offering stays at five Princess-owned wilderness lodges and rail service that connects ships directly to the Denali area on the same day.
A standout of the cruisetours will be the 17-night Denali Escorted Cruisetour, with two nights at each of the five Princess lodges.
These include Copper River Princess Wilderness Lodge, Denali Princess Wilderness Lodge, Fairbanks Princess Riverside Lodge, Kenai Princess Wilderness Lodge, and Mt. McKinley Princess Wilderness Lodge.
Princess Expands Alaska Presence
The 2027 Alaska cruises on Princess Cruises open for booking on August 12, 2025, with Crown Princess kicking off the season on April 27, 2027, sailing a 4-day roundtrip “sampler” from Vancouver to Ketchikan.
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Star Princess will also begin her season that month, taking up to 4,300 passengers on a 9-day Inside Passage sailing from Vancouver to Seattle on April 30, 2027.
She will close out the cruise line’s season with a similar September 26 journey.
The cruise line will also feature two 16-day sailings from Los Angeles aboard Emerald Princess that will give West Coast passengers a rare chance to experience Alaska without the need for a flight to the Pacific Northwest.
These voyages will journey across the Inside Passage and visit Glacier Bay National Park.
Princess Cruises is offering early booking incentives for passengers who reserve by August 18, 2025: up to 40 percent off fares, free passage for third and fourth guests on select voyages, a reduced $99 deposit, and complimentary stateroom upgrades.
