Traveling on the Open Sea
Vancouver to Ketchikan

           We are traveling the Inside Passage on this cruise.  The Inside Passage
           (see picture) is a coastal route for oceangoing vessels along a network
           of passages which weave through the islands on the Pacific coast of
           North America. The route extends from southeastern Alaska, in the United States,
           through western British Columbia, in Canada, to northwestern Washington state,
           in the United States. Ships using the route can avoid some of the bad weather
           in the open ocean and visit some of the many communities along
           the route (Ketchikan, Juneau, Skagway, Glacier Bay and College Fjord)
           as we did on our cruise.
		   
		   
		   
		   	
			

           Our Ship the Coral Princess, is a cruise ship owned and operated by
           the Princess Cruises line.  The ship was launched in 2002 and built
           in France by Chantiers de l'Atlantique.

               Length: 965 ft.
               Tonnage: 92,000 gross tons
               Cruising Speed: 21.5 knots
               Number of Guests: 1,970
               Crew Members: 895